This Month
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
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
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
- Opinion
- Australian economy
CEOs who spend less time trying to be liked are heard more often
When company bosses spent less time trying to be liked, they got listened to more often.
- John Roskam
Big business called an emergency. The hotel obliged.
No sooner had Business Council of Australia CEO Bran Black declared a national emergency than loud sirens began ringing
- Myriam Robin
What this CEO learnt from Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
Culture Amp chief Didier Elzinga met the Atlassian duo at an awards function years ago, and got an insight into scalable business models.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
WiseTech’s Richard White in $400m cash deluge
Richard White continues to free up an awful lot of cash.
- Myriam Robin
AGL, nation’s biggest carbon emitter, awarded stellar ESG rating
Influential proxy advisor CGI Glass Lewis says the Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed company is being transparent about its efforts to pivot to clean power.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Ex-Macquarie exec sells landmark mansion as Mosman eyes $50m
Former Macquarie exec David Adams has sold his landmark mansion Kilcreggan, while Walter Burley Griffin-designed landmark estate Coppins returns to market
- Bonnie Campbell
Robin Khuda is the ringleader of this year’s biggest M&A deal
The founder of AirTrunk has cashed in on the inexorable rise in demand for processing power and built a vast fortune on the rise of cloud computing.
- Paul Smith and Tess Bennett
Farquhar’s Atlassian era passes without a grand farewell
Co-founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes spent their final day of as co-CEOs working from home. Venture capitalists say Farquhar’s influence goes beyond Atlassian.
- Tess Bennett