Robyn Denholm, chair of beleaguered car manufacturer Tesla, is stepping down as inaugural chair of industry lobby group The Tech Council of Australia (TCA), after 3.5 years in the role. She will be replaced by Atlassian cofounder Scott Farquhar, who stepped away from his day job as co-CEO last year, and has also been on… Read more »
In real estate terms, Elaine, the 1863 waterfront mansion in Sydney’s Point Piper, could be described as a bit of a fixer-upper, with plenty of potential. And that’s how Atlassian cofounder Scott Farquhar and his wife, venture capitalist Kim Jackson, saw it when they bought the seven-bedroom Victorian mansion, which once belonged to members of… Read more »
Atlassian billionaire Scott Farquhar and his venture capitalist wife Kim Jackson look set to win control of ASX-listed Genex Power after upping its takeover bid for the renewable energy company. The Genex (ASX: GNX) board rejected a $0.23 cents per share offer made in late July on August 1, but left the door open for… Read more »
Two months after Mike Cannon-Brookes made an audacious but ultimately doomed takeover bid for AGL, his Atlassian co-founder and co-billionaire Scott Farquhar is making his own energy play with a $320 million tilt at ASX-listed Genex Power Limited (ASX: GNX). Genex shares jumped as much as 50% on the news on Monday before closing 45%… Read more »
Twitter pugilist Elon Musk has a new war to fight on the micro-blogging site he’s buying. After ordering his executives back into the office for a “minimum” of 40 hours a week via email, Musk followed up with an all staff email saying “If you don’t show up, we’ll assume you’ve resigned”. Taking a dig… Read more »
Four years after missing out on a chance to redevelop the Australian Technology Park site, Atlassian will finally get to set up shop at Eveleigh.
Employment platform DCC Jobs has raised $1 million in seed funding and rebranded to WORK180 as it continues on its mission to connect women with roles at organisations with a focus on gender equality.
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