Tag: Atlassian

Labor commits to encryption reform

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor would work with industry to fix controversial encryption legislation and pass the baseline recommendations of the Parliament’s joint committee on intelligence and security if it elected to...

NSW’s new tech mega precinct

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The New South Wales government has announced initial plans for a potentially vast new tech precinct in central Sydney – to be “Australia’s Silicon Valley” – but has declined...

MC-B on tech talent shortfalls

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Atlassian co-founder and co-chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has told a senate committee investigating the future of work and workers that Australia must get behind the local industry and called...

Big Tech has a leadership problem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Big Tech is on the nose in large parts of the community which does not trust its motives and fails to recognise its promise, according to Labor digital economy...

Musk offer is no way to govern

Posted on   |  by James Riley
You can’t fault the billionaire Australian software entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes’ motivation for pressing for a 100MW battery storage facility to be set up in South Australia to help it through...

MC-B warning on 457 visa debate

Posted on   |  by James Riley
We live in strange times. Debates about things that matter get so obscured by political weirdness that it takes the intervention of an industry giant to point out the...

Startups hostage to rent seekers

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation Nation is a great slogan – but it rings hollow if startups and entrepreneurs don’t have anywhere to camp, which is increasingly the case in Sydney. It’s a...

Atlassian shrugs off market woes

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Australia’s software darling Atlassian has been caught up in the New Year’s stock rout, losing more than 20 per cent of its value over the past two days. The...

Tech should fight for Powerhouse

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With the fate of the Australian Technology Park now largely decided, the local innovation sector should be getting itself organised now for a campaign to keep the Powerhouse Museum...