Can the power of artificial intelligence be harnessed help to predict Australia's weather?

Kerry Plowright had his feet up and was watching TV one evening late last year when his phone warned of incoming hail. "I was stunned when I walked out the door because there was just this roar," he says, describing the sound of hailstones hitting roofs in the New South Wales town of Kingscliff. He had just enough time to move his cars under canvas sails, sparing them from damage. This season may include a second tropical cyclone to strike Queensland. The Albanese government has launched an inquiry into warnings issued by the Bureau of Meteorology and emergency authorities after complaints by councils and others that some alerts lacked accuracy and timeliness.