This Month
- Results Wrap
- Chanticleer
What we learnt: Donald who? AGL’s $1b battery bet and love for EVs get thumbs up
AGL still loves electric vehicles, Suncorp’s profit jump might be too big for its own good, and is CBA’s balance sheet beyond reproach?
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
Dovetail boss says workplace relationship was an error, denies assault
The chief executive of the billion-dollar start-up has filed dozens of messages sent by his employee to support his claim they had a consensual relationship.
- Amelia McGuire
January
Atlassian rockets to three-year high after earnings surprise
Mike Cannon-Brookes says the company has had some “massive customer wins”, sending its shares soaring almost 20 per cent on Friday.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
- Exclusive
- Political donations
The biggest financial backers of Climate 200 revealed
Two investors donated about $1 million each to the teal fundraising vehicle, while a 94-year-old grandfather matched donations up to $1000 for each year of his life.
- Tom McIlroy
What Atlassian has quietly done to attract top talent
The Nasdaq-listed productivity software giant has quietly allowed staff to begin selling shares after just three months. Critics say they may as well pay cash.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
December 2024
Canva, Cotton On and Atlassian among the top 20 corporate givers
The amount of funds donated by the top 50 corporate philanthropists has jumped to $1.7 billion.
- Sally Patten
November 2024
Start-up stars: what’s happened to tech’s Class of 2021
VC firms that wrote huge cheques on very generous valuations in 2021 are now nervously watching Australia’s most heavily backed start-ups. How are they going now?
- Tess Bennett
The Rich List region that’s become Sydney’s Hamptons
The Southern Highlands has become to Sydney what the Hamptons is to New York or the Cotswolds to London, attracting some of the biggest names to its secluded estates.
- Bonnie Campbell
Election donation rules target Palmer and Climate 200
New rules due to come into force in 2026 will cap spending in federal elections and dramatically speed up public disclosure rules.
- Tom McIlroy
Cannon-Brookes mansion hosts Double Bay Halloween
On Thursday evening, hundreds of pint-sized local ghouls descended upon the erstwhile couple’s estate, to partake of candy.
- Myriam Robin
Atlassian co-founders $5b richer as Cannon-Brookes answers doubters
An after-market rally on Wall Street has added about $2.5 billion apiece to the fortune’s of Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar.
- Tess Bennett
October 2024
Why Cannon-Brookes is under pressure over first solo Atlassian result
Shares in Atlassian have rallied 20 per cent in the last month, with investors betting the CEO is under-promising and over-delivering.
- Tess Bennett
- Innovation - Challenger
- Energy Awards
This company can build solar farms 10 times faster
The winner of the Innovation - challenger award, 5B, derives 30 per cent of its work from mining companies in remote locations.
- Simon Evans
PwC given green light to chase bitcoin miner Iren for $153m debt
The Nasdaq-listed group, which is attempting to rebrand as a data centre firm, unsuccessfully argued it couldn’t be pursued in Australia for Canadian loans.
- Amelia McGuire
Albanese’s domestic solar manufacturing hero strikes China pact
The face of the federal government’s plan to build a domestic solar panel manufacturing industry has partnered with a Chinese giant in pursuit of Australian subsidies.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
Unlikely winners of ATO’s R&D tax rules
The tax office’s first transparency report on R&D tax credits reveals the unlikely winners of the system.
- Mark Di Stefano
September 2024
Mike Cannon-Brookes’ super rocket crashes to Earth
Millennial investing start-up Spaceship’s exit is a mercy killing, with investors sitting on an illiquid and uncertain return.
- Mark Di Stefano
Cannon-Brookes-backed Spaceship acquired in $80m deal
The superannuation fintech, backed by Airtree and Grok Ventures, has been bought by eToro in an all-scrip deal.
- Tess Bennett and Hannah Wootton
Cannon-Brookes’ Grok fails to back AGL board on exec pay
The decision by Mike Cannon-Brookes’ private company to abstain on the remuneration vote signals tensions over emissions reduction plans are unresolved.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
The five most powerful Australian tech leaders in 2024
The biggest deal of the year, the end of an era at Atlassian and the rising influence of super funds helped to shape the list of technology’s most powerful in 2024.
- Updated
- Paul Smith