BoM public servants give pay deal a frosty reception as Defence prepares for fresh vote

By Noel Towell
Updated May 31 2017 - 12:33pm, first published May 30 2017 - 11:50pm

Public servants at the Bureau of Meteorology have decisively rejected a pay and conditions deal for the second time in a clear sign that the Coalition's government's industrial problems with much of its workforce have not gone away.