Brandon How
Reporter
Brandon is a breaking news reporter for Capital Brief, based in Sydney. He previously spent three years as a tech policy and innovation reporter for InnovationAus.com in Perth and the federal press gallery in Canberra. His byline has also appeared in Business News.
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The latest incident at the ASX tech giant triggered a steep fall in its share price but one analyst said "the market probably sold first and will ask questions later".
Optus has defended its plans to scale back office perks and shrink the footprint of its suburban Sydney campus in the wake of a damaging outage.
Table tennis tables, buses for staff and the footprint of Optus' sprawling Sydney campus itself have all been put under review as the embattled telco looks to find savings.
The operator of the Kwinana lithium hydroxide processing plant says the federal government should focus on shared infrastructure and tech investment instead.
ASX-listed Arafura Rare Earths has praised the landmark deal, but Pilbara Minerals expressed concerns funding could be squandered on unsustainable projects.
