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Mick Liubinskas rubs shoulders with billionaires but his own trajectory has been different.

He’s one of the godfathers of the Australian start-up sector. So why isn’t he a billionaire?

Some of Mick Liubinskas’ friends are immensely wealthy, but his passions have taken him down a different path.

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Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes

Atlassian says it had right to fire engineer for suggesting billionaire CEO was a ‘rich jerk’

The dispute started during an “Ask Me Anything” video call with employees that included chief executive officer Mike Cannon-Brookes.

  • Josh Eidelson
Alex Waislitz (left) and Antony Catalano (right) are key investors Australian Community Media.

Antony Catalano charges spark ACM sale rumours

Media executives have been sounded out over their interest in buying the company over the past year. After a shock development, the company is expected to try again.

  • John Buckley
Thousands of tech job losses have been announced by three of Australia’s most successful startups.

Are bots coming for tech jobs, or is it ‘AI-washing’?

Some of Australia’s biggest tech success stories including Atlassian, Afterpay’s owner, and WiseTech have given their employees a bitter taste of AI reality.

  • Colin Kruger
Atlassian chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes

The AI domino effect has hit Atlassian. Was the company caught napping?

Five years ago, the IT behemoth was untouchable. Now it faces major challenges to its business model from the rise of the new technology.

  • David Swan, Kishor Napier-Raman and Tim Biggs
Mike Cannon-Brookes is taking the reins as sole CEO next month.

Tsunami of disruption: Why this Aussie tech giant is swinging the axe

The world’s most feared and revered technology, artificial intelligence, has become Atlassian’s nemesis and its enabler.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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New AI tools could threaten the future of Australian giants like Atlassian, Canva and Xero.

AI is eating software, and it’s cost Atlassian duo $34.6 billion

Investors have finally woken up to the risk that artificial intelligence won’t just kill white-collar jobs, it also threatens tech success stories.

  • Colin Kruger
South Australia’s renewables transformation is world-leading.

The SA miracle: How one Australian state leads the world on renewables

Hard work and “really good wind” have helped South Australia become a world leader on renewables. But the state is determined to go further.

  • Nick O'Malley and Bianca Hall
Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes in the company’s new Melbourne office.

Victoria was ranked dead last, yet a $60b tech giant just made Melbourne its fastest-growing hub

The Business Council of Australia has slammed Victoria’s taxes and red tape, but tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes says the criticism doesn’t stack up.

  • David Swan
Mike Cannon-Brookes led a campaign to scrap the demerger of AGL’s coal assets.

Could tech bros like Mike Cannon-Brookes become the new climate pariahs?

IT giants are betting hundreds of billions of dollars on soaring AI use and the environmental impact promises to be catastrophic.

  • Colin Kruger