Sun won't confirm Aussie cuts

in brief Sun Microsystems has declined to comment on reports it is cutting up to 150 Australian staff this week.

The AFR has reported the cuts would mainly come from Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia, with New South Wales and New Zealand workers to learn of the impact shortly.

Sun has had a troubled time in Australia recently; the company's then-local chieftain Duncan Bennet resigned his post in February less than a year after being appointed to the post. The news came after it was revealed in December that Sun's local revenues had fallen by almost $100 million for the year to 30 June 2008.

Also in February, Sun announced a 15 per cent price hike across all its products in Australia, saying the boost was a result of exchange rate fluctuations.