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Amazon’s tech staff outnumber its retail employees in Australia

Amazon now employs around 4000 people in its Australian cloud business – nearly double the number of permanent staff in the tech giant’s local retail business, which still relies...

$16bn GDP boost expected from second AWS cloud region

24 January 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Amazon Web Services has launched its second Australian cloud infrastructure region more than a decade after its first, which is expected to generate an estimated $16 billion lift to...

WA’s AWS zone arrives, but wait continues for second cloud region

13 January 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Amazon Web Services has launched its first Australian Local Zone in Western Australia, promising improved latency for customers, while the eastern states wait for its second Australian cloud infrastructure...

Big Tech and consultants’ ‘very small’ tax bill revealed

3 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Global tech and consulting giants routinely engaged by government departments have been shown to be paying only a fraction of tax on multi-billion dollar local income in the latest...

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

7 September 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Global tech giants and their industry associations have rallied against the federal government introducing localisation requirements for data storage, arguing it brings no inherent benefit to cybersecurity and that...

Tech giants add $12.5m professional services bill to Defence work

29 June 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Department of Defence will pay Amazon Web Services and Microsoft nearly $12.5million over the next 15 months for ‘professional services’ to support Defence projects using the US tech...

Federal govt bypassing AWS Australia for its US entity

16 June 2022 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government is continuing to sign lucrative contracts directly with Amazon Web Services’ US office rather than its Australian entity, despite an update to its whole-of-government agreement switching...

NSW govt inks three-year AWS deal for $57.6m

2 June 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has signed a three-year $57.6 million whole-of-government agreement with the New South Wales Department of Customer Service cluster through a non-tender direct negotiation....

More than 20% of Amazon shareholders vote for greater tax transparency

30 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

More than 20 per cent of Amazon’s shareholders voting for a proposal to force the tech firm to provide greater tax transparency provides a “strong signal” and should encourage the...

AWS, with $626m in federal contracts, pays ‘negligible’ tax: Report

24 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Amazon’s cloud business reported $600 million in revenue in Australia but paid only $16 million in tax in the 2020 financial year, with a global tax accountability organisation calling...

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Amazon’s tech staff outnumber its retail employees in Australia

$16bn GDP boost expected from second AWS cloud region

WA’s AWS zone arrives, but wait continues for second cloud region

Big Tech and consultants’ ‘very small’ tax bill revealed

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

Tech giants add $12.5m professional services bill to Defence work

Federal govt bypassing AWS Australia for its US entity

NSW govt inks three-year AWS deal for $57.6m

More than 20% of Amazon shareholders vote for greater tax transparency

AWS, with $626m in federal contracts, pays ‘negligible’ tax: Report

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