Dr Prashan Karunaratne, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, was featured on ABC Newcastle Drive and discussed Australia’s supermarket duopoly and the impact on consumers.

Professor Geoff Kingston, Department of Economics, provided comment to Australian Property Investor Magazine on the Reserve Bank’s decision to hold off on a December interest rate hike.

Honorary Professor Geoffrey Kingston and Professor Jeffrey Sheen, both from the Department of Economics, participated in Finder’s RBA survey (6 December) and commented on the RBA’s cash rate decision.

Professor John Dumay, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, provided comment to The Sydney Morning Herald on modern slavery and human trafficking in Australia.

Professor Nick Parr, Department of Management, provided comment to The Sydney Morning Herald on global population projections.

Emeritus Professor John Croucher, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, was featured on Yahoo News Australia, Daily Mail and The Age (print version)and commented on selecting lottery numbers.

The Macquarie Business School was mentioned in India Education Daily’s coverage of the Mandala Report. The Mandala Report ranked the performance of the universities in or near the Sydney basin as well as Group of Eight (Go8) universities using a large, longitudinal sample of publicly available online professional profile data. The report reveals that when it comes to real-world job outcomes, Macquarie Business School performs very well, as did many other non-sandstone universities. Importantly, it shows that a data-driven approach, focusing on actual behaviour and outcomes, can provide a better picture of our higher education landscape.

The Macquarie Business School was mentioned on Swift Telecast in an article that discussed the four-day work week, following the ACT government’s consideration of a public servant shake-up. The article referred to Medibank’s four-day working week trial for its employees, the results of which will be measured by the Macquarie Business School’s Health and Wellbeing Research Unit.

Professor Deborah Schofield, GenIMPACT, was featured on India Education Daily and commented on the Medicare support for the diagnosis of mitochondrial disease – a major victory for suspected patients and their families, which was aided by the joint work of GenIMPACT and their collaborators.

Professor Nick Parr, Department of Management, provided comment to WAtoday and The Sunday Age (print version) on the future population growth of Melbourne.