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Mike Cannon-Brookes doesn't merit being listened to

The Atlassian co-founder is worth $15 billion but doesn't pay a cent of company tax in Australia.

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Beneath his baseball cap (a ponderous affectation if there ever was one), Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes proves, yet again, to be Australia’s most incessant poseur.

“Cannon-Brookes gives $12m” and “Mike Cannon-Brookes’ renewables pledge for bushfire communities” went Thursday’s headlines.

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Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out. From 2012 to 2023, Joe helmed The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column. Email Joe at hello@rampart.news
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