The Latest Breaking News from Mike Cannon-Brookes

‘The accountability is with Mike’: Atlassian CEO’s AI agent rule

Cannon-Brookes says the hardest part of putting agents to work isn’t the model but the interface and the accountability.

Fortune · Oct 19

Sun Cable’s giant Northern Territory solar project gets $210m funding boost

Billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest’s investment accelerates company’s plans to explore similar plants in Australia and beyond

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2022

AGL Energy chief executive uncertain if takeover bid is really over

Mike Cannon-Brookes tweeted on Sunday that Grok Ventures and Brookfield were ‘putting our pens down’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2022

AGL rejects higher bid from Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield, potentially ending takeover push

Bidders expected to walk away after offer of $8.25 a share rejected by board of Australia’s largest energy company

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2022

AGL said no to a $5 billion bid, but it isn't over – here's how takeover bids work

Australian companies are being taken over like never before. On Saturday February 19 a consortium involving tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian asset manager Brookfield offered A$5 billion to buy AGL Energy.

The Conversation · Feb 27, 2022

Why the Australian government should welcome Mike Cannon-Brookes' plan to takeover AGL

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flatly opposed the bid led by tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes to buy Australia’s biggest energy company AGL and spend A$20 billion switching it to renewables. This includes closing its coal power stations by 2030. As Morrison stated this week:

The Conversation · Feb 24, 2022

Alan Kohler: What the takeover bid for AGL is all about

Michael Cannon-Brookes has dug an AGL-sized pit in front of Scott Morrison, which the PM seems quite happy to step into over energy transition.

The New Daily · Feb 23, 2022

Scott Morrison says closing coal power stations will drive up electricity prices. Is he right?

Bid by Mike Cannon-Brookes to take over AGL drew some strong words from the prime minister, but do his claims stack up?

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2022

Wire and poles problem for AGL bid: ACCC

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes still wants to buy AGL Energy, but the competition watchdog is worried about the consortium holding wires, poles and generators.

AAP · Feb 23, 2022

Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield face multiple regulatory hurdles in AGL bid

The consortium being led by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes will face multiple regulatory hurdles to take over energy producer and retailer AGL, even if it can get the target company to agree to a deal.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2022