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The founder and CEO of WiseTech had taken bankruptcy action against his former lover, but the case has been discontinued in the Federal Court.
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G'day,

Billionaire Richard White and his ex-lover Linda Rogan have abandoned their legal fight. Mr White had taken action to bankrupt Ms Rogan, who had been fighting the action in court. 

The case, and subsequent revelations about Mr White, has caused his WiseTech Global’s share price to plunge in the past two weeks, with investors demanding the board investigate.

Optus has signed a deal with Elon Musk to launch enterprise-size internet services in remote Australian towns, having boosted its arsenal in the race to adopt and sell satellite services.

The Australian's annual tech magazine, The List Top 100 Innovators, celebrating the nation's most innovative entrepreneurs was unveiled on October 18. Find out who's building the future in The List  online at theaustralian.com.au.

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