Media Highlights – August 2024
From attitudes towards home ownership to the troubles of Australian airlines, see where the Macquarie Business School has been making headlines.

Dr Rebecca Bachmann, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, provided comment to ABC Online, The Fifth Estate and ABC Radio National about CEO salaries and bonuses.
RBA research boss John Simon offered insight regarding the likely impact of persistent budget deficits at the ‘Insights into Instability: Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis’ event hosted by the Macquarie Business School. The comments appeared in The Australian Financial Review (print version).
Honorary Professor Geoffrey Kingston and Professor Jeffrey Sheen, both from the Department of Economics, provided their RBA cash rate predictions in Finder’s RBA survey.
Dr Paul Crosby, Department of Economics, provided comment to FIVEaa and 6PR 882 News Talk regarding cabotage rules and how a change could help Australian airlines. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.
Professor Jeffrey Sheen, Department of Economics, provided comment to The New Daily regarding the upcoming RBA interest-rate decision.
Dr Lurion De Mello, Department of Applied Finance, provided comment to The New Daily about a proposal to introduce public petrol stations and price caps on fuel.
Professor Babak Abedin, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, contributed an article to the Free Press Journal about the emerging trends and career opportunities in business analytics.
Professor Lisa Magnani, Department of Economics, provided comment to The Conversation, Business Daily Media, The Canberra Times (print version), Architecture and Design and The New Daily regarding the Australian housing market.
Professor Elizabeth Sheedy, Dr Syed Shah and Dr Perry Tan, Department of Applied Finance, featured in The Adviser and The Fifth Estate regarding new research into attitudes towards home ownership. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.
Associate Professor Jonas Fooken, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE), provided comment to the Health Services Daily about value-based payment in mental healthcare.
Professor Sean Turnell, Department of Economics, provided comment to The Sydney Morning Herald (print version) and Brisbane Times about Myanmar's civil war and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Professor Elizabeth Sheedy, Department of Applied Finance, provided comment to the Financial Times (behind a paywall) about executive bonuses.
Professor Eric Knight and Professor Jaco Lok were featured on Phys.org and Knowridge and discussed how the atmosphere in a room can affect how we make sense of complex issues.