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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

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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
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
The camel called Michelle.

Great Scots! The case of the $60 million castle and a vanishing camel

Scots College bought a life-sized taxidermy camel to adorn its new student centre. Now parents are wondering what happened to the star attraction.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland called the scheme “heartless and disastrous”.

Nine accuses AI firms of ‘illegal scraping’ of journalism

One of Australia’s largest publishers says AI giants “scrape” content produced by its newsrooms, as the media industry backs the government’s stance on not allowing tech firms to be exempt from copyright laws.

  • Elias Visontay and Brittany Busch
Billionaire Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht made a donation of at least $500,000 to Climate 200.

Canva co-founder and Greens donor add to Climate 200 fundraising heft

The fundraising vehicle tripled its number of donors to 33,000 people, and received $5 million between seven key contributors, as it expanded to back 35 candidates.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes.

Atlassian splashes $1b on AI browser as chief defends redundancy video call

Mike Cannon-Brookes says he’s targeting the billion “laptop warriors” who are drowning in open tabs, and has hit out at reports that his company is in turmoil.

  • David Swan
Danielle Wood, CBA CEO Matt Comyn and ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb  at the economic roundtable on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Up to $60k a day each: The cost of inviting execs to sit at Chalmers’ roundtable

Many of the people at the treasurer’s economic roundtable are earning six or seven figures, but there’s one whose single-day appearance is worth more than $60,000.

  • Millie Muroi
ACTU president Sally McManus and Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar.

Lunchbreak deal to find ways to pay artists for work hoovered up by AI

Australia’s top unionist and a tech billionaire are making moves to confront the challenge of artificial intelligence.

  • Paul Sakkal
Atlassian co-founder and chair of the Tech Council of Australia, Scott Farquhar.

Tech lords are promising us utopia. Their brave new world might be a dump

We’re repeatedly told the AI spaceship is leaving, so we’d better get on board. Unfortunately, the people steering the ship appear to have lost their moral compass.

  • Melanie La'Brooy