Councils to pay for critical weather data

Councils to pay for critical weather data

Councils will have to pay for real-time weather information, the Bureau of Meteorology has announced. In a major cost-shift, local governments will either cough up for the data or rely on free updates at 15-minute intervals. For councils in Queensland – the country’s most disaster-prone state – receiving real-time weather updates is critical. “We have a locally-led disaster management framework in Queensland that puts councils at the centre of t…