Request for incoming government brief relevant to 2025 general Commonwealth election

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The release is the Bureau of Meteorology's May 2025 Incoming Government Brief, prepared for the incoming Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Murray Watt, after the 2025 federal election. It includes a covering letter from CEO Dr Andrew Johnson and sections on the Bureau's functions, organisation structure, key corporate documents, budget and staffing, and budget measures. Figures cited include $359.4 million in operating appropriations, $90.4 million in capital and $30.8 million in equity injections for 2024–25, $124.3 million in external revenue, and an average staffing level of 1,824. Budget measures covered are the Flood Warning Infrastructure Network remediation (with Queensland's program announced in September 2024 and New South Wales expected mid-2025), Water Market Reform, the Himawari-10 satellite partnership with Japan's agency (operational June 2029), Dynamic Line Rating, and the National Climate Risk Assessment. The brief flags that extreme weather is intensifying and that Australian computing and observation investment is lagging peer agencies. Much of the contact detail and some budget tables are withheld under sections 22, 33(a) and 47E(d).