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The Elaine mansion at Point Piper has sold for about $130 million.

Tech billionaire Scott Farquhar sells Point Piper’s Elaine estate for about $130m

The former Atlassian co-chief executive has again clocked up one of the highest house price sales in the country.

  • Lucy Macken

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Scott Farquhar, co-CEO and co-founder of Atlassian, will step down in August.

Scott Farquhar to step down as Atlassian co-CEO

After co-founding the software company more than two decades ago, Farquhar will step down to focus on family and philanthropy.

  • Tim Biggs
Atlassian co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes.

Tech’s mixed bag: Atlassian tumbles, Facebook soars

Market optimism in global technology companies has see-sawed over the past 12 months, amid lay-offs and valuation drops.

  • David Swan
Atlassian’s head of Team Anywhere, Annie Dean.

Companies will regret return-to-office mandates: Atlassian

Australia’s largest software company has marked 1000 days of a geographically spread workforce, and says companies forcing their workers back to the office are making a mistake.

  • David Swan
Atlassian co-CEOs Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar.

Billions wiped from Atlassian duo’s fortunes

Australian tech billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have taken a financial hit as their software company posts widening losses.

  • David Swan
Mike Cannon-Brookes announces Atlassian’s acquisition of Loom, on Loom.

Atlassian bets big on remote work with $1.5b acquisition

Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar’s Atlassian plans to fund the purchase of the company – which facilitates remote work – almost entirely from its existing cash reserves.

  • Tim Biggs
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Friction between Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest led Sun Cable into administration.

Billionaires’ marriage bust-ups – spreading the wealth, but not that far

Marriage trouble makes them kindred spirits of sorts, but Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest are anything but friends.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Atlassian billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes (left) and Scott Farquhar announced the cuts on Tuesday.

Atlassian cuts 500 jobs as tech sector pain intensifies

The Australian technology company is billing the move as a “rebalancing” but the redundancies are a sharp change from its emphasis on rapid hiring.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Rock’n’roll preacher man: Brandon Flowers leading The Killers at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on December 13.

The Killers headline Scott Farquhar’s secret bash

The American rockers played at a private party hosted by the Atlassian co-founder, alongside local duo Bag Raiders.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Mr Upside: The Killers headline Scott Farquhar’s secret Christmas bash

Atlassian billionaire shrugs off tech sector woes to party with a select group of friends and one of the biggest acts on the planet.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman

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