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Aug 10, 2026 16 min

How Atlassian’s tech bromance died

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Warring wives, competing values and a broken culture: Tech Bros, a new book by The Australian’s John Stensholt and Perry Williams, reveals the inside story of how Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes built Australia’s most successful tech business and lost their friendship. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Atlassian founders’ rift so deep they endured a ‘year of not talking’ Scott Farquhar’s ‘easy’ password sparked crisis that almost destroyed Atlassian ‘Annie is going to be really jealous’: Mike Cannon-Brookes’ closest staffer ‘bullied’ wife Margin Call: Billionaire Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes’ tough reading task for new hires This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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