‘We are all accountable': Atlassian chief slams Morrison protest crackdown

Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes has dismissed the Morrison government's plan to stop protesters boycotting companies they oppose, declaring all Australians had a "basic right" to try to force a business to change its behaviour.

Mike Cannon Brookes (left) "the government is quiet on the climate".

Mr Cannon-Brookes broke with other business leaders to attack the government proposal on the grounds that Australia had a "proud history" of protest on women's rights, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and opposing wars in Vietnam and Iraq.

"The people protesting over climate change are not quiet Australians. They are being loud because the government is quiet on the climate," he said.

"Choosing not to do business with companies that threaten the health of the planet is everyone's basic right. It's a way to get business to do the right thing, because we are all accountable."

Read the story from The Age by David Crowe - “‘We are all accountable': Atlassian chief slams Morrison protest crackdown.”