Australia news live: eSafety warns online gaming can cause ‘serious harms’ to children; Atlassian to power solar farm

Published October 1, 2026 · Category: News

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Atlassian enters 10-year solar energy deal with community co-op to power Sydney HQ

A solar farm owned by a group of community investors has secured a 10-year deal with one of Australia’s biggest technology companies to help power its headquarters, Australian Associated Press reports.

Our active volunteers and investor community worked patiently and diligently across a number of years to see this project come to fruition.

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To have a blue-chip Australian company like Atlassian come on board as a commercial partner is a huge vote of confidence in what we have built.

While we have seen some safety improvements as a result of sustained regulatory pressure, including the recent court-enforceable undertakings we accepted from Roblox, there is still significant work to be done across the board to prevent serious harms in online gaming to children.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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