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The battle between two of Australia’s richest men for control of bankrupt renewables startup Sun Cable has ended in a whimper. On Friday Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-chief of technology company Atlassian, won the auction for the firm via his Grok Ventures fund, bidding less than A$100 million ($65 million) per an estimate by the Australian Financial Review . Surprisingly absent from the final bout was Squadron Energy, one of Fortescue Metals founder Andrew Forrest’s investment companies. Both were early investors in Sun Cable; their spat over its strategy plunged the firm into administration in January. ....

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