Media Highlights – October 2024
From a report about Sydney’s future economy to the state of banking in Australia, see where the Macquarie Business School has been making headlines.

Macquarie Business School was mentioned on 10 News First Sydney and ABC News Radio regarding a new report, developed with the Committee for Sydney, that identifies five key sectors where Sydney could excel globally. Read more about the Transforming Sydney’s Economy report on the school’s LinkedIn page.
Professor Rebecca Mitchell, Department of Management and the Macquarie Business School’s Health and Wellbeing Research Unit, provided comment to 9News, Yahoo! Finance Australia and The Australian (print version) regarding the results of Medibank's four-day work week trial, which is being expanded. This also appeared on Triple M Melbourne.
Professor Elizabeth Sheedy, Department of Applied Finance, provided comment to ABC Online and MSN Australia regarding the state of banking in Australia and how customers can minimise risk.
Professor David Orsmond, Department of Economics, Dr Ali Amrollahi and Associate Professor Mauricio Marrone, both from the Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, were quoted in The Sector and Human Resources Director regarding data on Australia's job market. This was first published on The Lighthouse.
Dr Anam Bilgrami, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, was featured on The Wire about the importance of earlier diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment in slowing the onset of dementia.
Dr Colin Zhang, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, provided comment to ABC Brisbane regarding a retirement calculator developed at Macquarie University.
Professor Sean Turnell, Department of Economics, was featured on ABC Online in a story regarding the Senate enquiry on how the Australian government responds to cases of wrongful detention.
Professor Rahat Munir, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, provided comment to Yahoo! Finance about the role of internal governance measures to detect issues that later develop into major public scandals. This also appeared in NDTV, Fortune and The Straits Times.
The Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) was mentioned on MSN Australia and The Courier Mail in relation to a CRC-P grant that was awarded to 4D Medical LTD, I-MED and MUCHE to ramp up trials for a ‘safer, cheaper’ lung scan to detect pulmonary embolism. Read more on the Macquarie University Newsroom.
Professor Jana Bowden, Department of Marketing, provided comment to YourLifeChoices and The West Australian (print version) about supermarket pricing and discount tactics.
Dr Raymond Trau, Department of Management, provided comment to The Sydney Morning Herald (online and print versions) regarding cultural celebrations in the workplace.