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Australia politics live: renewables and batteries soar but ‘critical’ moment coming; WiseTech staff face AI redundancy

Australia now the world’s third-biggest nation for utility-scale batteries behind China and the US. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWiseTech’s founder and chair, Richard White wrote to staff late on Sunday evening to allege there had been “persona...

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by Martin Farrer
Australia politics live: renewables and batteries soar but ‘critical’ moment coming; WiseTech staff face AI redundancy

Australia now the world’s third-biggest nation for utility-scale batteries behind China and the US. Follow today’s news live

WiseTech’s founder and chair, Richard White wrote to staff late on Sunday evening to allege there had been “personal attacks, vitriol, and deeply offensive behaviour in group chats” regarding the restructure of the software company due to AI.

The company did not provide any examples of this when asked on Monday.

We recognise that a process of this scale, nature and complexity creates uncertainty for our people. We’ve taken a careful, deliberate approach to ensure our decisions are well informed and made with full regard to our business and our people.

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