Media Highlights – August 2023
From aged care accommodation payments to the use of surveillance in retail, see where Macquarie Business School has been making headlines.

Dr Anam Bilgrami, Macquarie University’s Centre for the Health Economy, contributed an article to The Conversation which discussed the different ways to pay for nursing home accommodation. This also appeared in Mirage News and The National Tribune.
Emeritus Professor James Guthrie, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, was featured in PerthNow and the Daily Mail and discussed conflicts of interest within consultancy firms.
Professor John Dumay, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, was featured in The Australian Financial Review (print version) and commented on what makes a healthy work environment following a report on big four consulting firm EY Oceania’s workplace.
Associate Professor Erik Lundmark, Department of Management, was featured in SmartCompany and commented on the value of provocative social media posts. This was first published on The Lighthouse.
Emeritus Professor John Croucher, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, was quoted in Yahoo News Australia in relation to the probability of winning lottery numbers.
Professor Hanlin Shang, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics and the DataX Research Centre, was featured in The Senior NSW/ACT (print version) and was quoted about his research on Australia’s pension age.
Associate Professor Sarah Bankins, Department of Management, and Professor Paul Formosa, Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts, appeared in YourLifeChoices and discussed their new research which explores the ethical questions raised by the use of AI in the workplace. This was first published on The Lighthouse.
Associate Professor Jordi McKenzie, Department of Economics, was featured in Crikey and The Canberra Times (print version) and discussed cinema prices. McKenzie’s coauthored paper from 2014, which explored whether cinema operators could make more by cutting the price of older and less popular films and raising the price of blockbusters, was mentioned. This also appeared in the Newcastle Herald (print version).
Emeritus Professor John Mathews, Department of Management, and Dr Sung-Young Kim, School of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts, was featured in The China Project and discussed the clean energy shift in East Asia.
Professor John Dumay, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, was featured on 702 ABC Sydney and commented on ASIC’s decision to abandon its annual reporting on auditing.
Dr Rohan Best and Dr Andrea Chareunsy, both from the Department of Economics, and Dr Madeline Taylor, Macquarie Law School, were featured in Mirage News and The National Tribune. They explained their research that found more than 90 per cent of tenants in Australia lack direct access to solar panels. This was first published on The Lighthouse.
Professor John Dumay, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, was featured on ABC Online and commented on the role of auditing and why it must be regulated.
Professor Elizabeth Sheedy, Department of Applied Finance, was featured in The Australian Financial Review and commented on the problematic risk-management framework of major Australian insurer IAG.
Professor Jana Bowden, Department of Marketing, was featured on Channel 7 and commented on the use of surveillance in a retail setting.
Emeritus Professor James Guthrie, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, was featured in The Business Times and commented on the conflicts of interest, poor culture and lack of transparency in the consulting industry.
Professor Stefan Trueck, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, and the Macquarie University Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre, was featured on ABC Radio and discussed phone scams and how to avoid failing victim.
Dr Lurion De Mello, Department of Applied Finance, was featured on The New Daily and commented on rising petrol prices.
Emeritus Professor James Guthrie, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, was featured in The Canberra Times and commented on the federal government’s plan to set up an in-house consulting firm.
Professor Henry Cutler, Macquarie University’s Centre for the Health Economy, contributed an article to The Conversation which discussed the growing strains on Australia’s aged care system. This also appeared on ABC Radio.
Dr Prashan Karunaratne, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, was featured on ABC Online and discussed the market power of the big supermarket chains and why it might be worth avoiding them.
Dr Raymond Trau, Department of Management, was featured in The Sydney Morning Herald and commented on workplace diversity and inclusion. This also appeared in The Age, WAtoday, News Azi and the Brisbane Times.
Emeritus Professor John Mathews, Department of Management, was featured in CGTN and the Bangkok Post and commented on the production of zero-emission green hydrogen.
Professor Rebecca Mitchell and Associate Professor Jun Gu, both from the Department of Management, and Professor Kerry Sherman, School of Psychological Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, were featured in World News, The National Tribune and Mirage News for their research on menopause in the workplace. They say women leaving work prematurely due to the effects of menopause costs Australian companies more than $10 billion a year. This was first published on The Lighthouse.