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July 2024
Freelancer boss accuses AI giant of ‘egregious scraping’
Matt Barrie says AI giant Anthropic is not obeying the rules of the internet, as the most aggressive scraper of website data to train its chatbot Claude.
- George Hammond
April 2024
Finance bros spread misinformation after Bondi attacks
Two of corporate Australia’s most aggressive tweeters were on the tools during the shopping centre massacre.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
July 2023
Freelancer boss sounds AI warning
The online marketplace operator has broken even, with founder Matt Barrie telling investors artificial intelligence is poised to transform the way millions of unskilled workers operate.
- Jessica Sier
July 2022
Australian firm rejects claim of Russia link as ‘bemusing’
Freelancer, an ASX-listed company, is listed as “still operating in Russia” on an engagement tracker run by Yale University.
- Gus McCubbing
February 2021
Tech stars want gig economy reform but no minimum wage
Some of Australia’s leading tech entrepreneurs have rejected Labor’s push for a minimum wage in gig economy roles, but conceded more worker protections are needed.
- Natasha Gillezeau
- Analysis
- Sharemarket
Airtasker looks to escape ghost of Freelancer
There is $485 million worth of demand for Airtasker shares in a bookbuild offering just $83.7 million.
- Tom Richardson
August 2020
Digital CEOs ride out lockdown and call for future changes
The CEOs of some of Australia's leading online and communications companies say they are performing well in lockdown and that Australia's economy must become more sophisticated.
- Paul Smith
July 2020
- Exclusive
- Jobs
Five jobs that will get you hired during COVID-19
Number crunchers, data and software specialists, engineers and video game developers have surged to the top of the hiring pile as the coronavirus pandemic upends the job market.
- Natasha Boddy
March 2020
The companies on the coronavirus front line
Big companies have crisis response teams meeting daily and those who can are poised for a large shift to home-based working.
- AFR reporters
June 2019
Gig economy covers 7pc of workforce
More than 7 per cent of workers are working on digital platforms, far higher than past estimates, and earn average rates of $32 an hour, a study by the Victorian government finds.
- David Marin-Guzman
February 2019
Freelancer battles slow growth, but tips pick-up in 2019
Freelancer was once one of the high-growth tech businesses, but in 2018 some missteps saw its revenue grow just 3 per cent.
- Yolanda Redrup
August 2018
Tech sector fears rise of anti-immigration Peter Dutton
There isn't much optimism among the fast growing local tech companies for a Peter Dutton Prime Ministership, with his right wing agenda deemed as unattractive to top global talent.
- Updated
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- E-commerce
Freelancer chief mulls future Escrow spin-off IPO despite fintech and crypto 'bubble'
Matt Barrie says Freelancer subsidiary Escrow.com could be the next PayPal as its strong growth raises the possibility of a separate public listing.
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- Paul Smith
April 2018
Court throws out unlawful dismissal case against Freelancer
A court has thrown out an unlawful dismissal case that a former employee brought against Freelancer and its founder and chief executive Matt Barrie.
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- Misa Han
March 2018
Freelancer CEO Matt Barrie accused of wrongful sacking: court
Freelancer's chief executive Matt Barrie wrongfully sacked the company's operations and HR executive because Mr Barrie got "vindictive", a court has heard.
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- Misa Han
October 2017
Freelancer's Matt Barrie gives evidence against former employee
Freelancer gave multiple pay rises to its vice president of operations before he was sacked for allegedly complaining about an abusive colleague.
- Updated
- Misa Han
Freelancer's chief still prepared for the all-nighters
World domination doesn't wait on a commute.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Bitcoin in, Microsoft out in Freelancer.com job statistics
Listings related to cryptocurrency have surged on the 25 million-user marketplace, as establishment names are forgotten.
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- Michael Bailey
May 2017
- Exclusive
UBS picks Australian tech stars to soar in data analytics led multi-decade boom
Companies tapped into the data analytics trend are set to surge in a "multi-decade boom", according to UBS.
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- Yolanda Redrup
February 2017
Freelancer puts growth ahead of profit as global expansion continues
Freelancer chief Matt Barrie said a small loss in its full year numbers meant nothing in the face of rapid global growth.
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- Paul Smith