Bureau of Meteorology attacks pushed by 'fever swamp' of climate denial | Graham Readfearn

Rob Vertessy, who retired as the BOM's director in 2016, has hit back at 'time wasters' and 'amateurs' who are given a forum by the Australian

For Rob Vertessy, the attacks on his government agency became tedious and time-consuming and no less irritating because they were coming from a motivated group of "amateurs".

Vertessy spent a decade at Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. He retired in April 2016 after five years as the agency's director.