Well, Mr F,
According to T Miller at a CASA seminar I attended, we ARE to obtain our Met. info ONLY from 'The Approved Source' - which, surprise surprise, is Airservices Australia.....
Notwithstanding that 'they' obtain that very same info from......the Met Bureau..!!
And, when I was disseminating said info as a FSO, it arrived on the printer / computer, and was read out ''verbatim'....Direct from.... the Met Bureau.
And I do notice that the Met Bureau tel number was included at the bottom of Area Forecasts - 'for explanation'.....again, the Met Bureau....
'Empire Building'...??
I dunno, but No Cheers