Mike Cannon-Brookes
Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick
The project to build Australia’s largest solar farm has been approved after collapsing last year due to a rift between billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest.
- by Mike Foley
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AGL coal sites to house green manufacturing, not nuclear
Australia’s largest power supplier is moving ahead with its plans to turn its old coal sites into low-carbon industrial energy hubs, despite Peter Dutton’s push for them to host nuclear.
- by Nick Toscano
There is plenty of life in the old cash yet, thank you
Bec Wilson asserts the banks believe cash will disappear in seven years (“Cash is dead. Why are we still pretending it isn’t?“, May 11). She should have written that the banks want cash to disappear in seven years. This is so they can charge retailers more in transaction fees who can then pass it on to consumers.
The green energy ‘big bets’ Australia needs to go after: Sun Cable cofounder
Sun Cable’s cofounder wants Australia to think bigger about the green energy switch, saying the nation should strive to become a renewable energy superpower.
- by Nick Toscano
ASIC swoops on Mayfair’s Mawhinney – again
The controversial businessman has appeared in a Melbourne court vowing to fight charges of dishonest conduct.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Opinion
Energy
Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet
Australia can bid for solar cell factories, but if we lack the power to run them, the hope is forlorn.
- by Peter Hartcher
AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station
AGL will partner with a start-up backed by its biggest shareholder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, to assess building a first-of-its-kind solar panel factory in the NSW Upper Hunter region.
- by Nick Toscano
Ad legend John Singleton sells former Paddington headquarters for $30m
John Singleton has sold his former head office in Sydney’s trendy Paddington to Annie Cannon-Brookes, the estranged wife of Mike Cannon-Brookes, the billionaire co-founder of tech giant Atlassian.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Opinion
Political donations
No billionaire should be free to sink Titanic money into politics
Despite his $117 million buying a solitary Senate seat, the sheer scale of Clive Palmer’s advertising blitz set a template for any rich-lister who wants to sway an election result.
- by David Crowe
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.
- by David Swan
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.
- by David Swan
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