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HWT appoints Zavecz

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 21 : 25-Aug-16

Pacific Magazines CEO Peter Zavecz will leave the Seven West Media-owned publisher on 30 September 2016, to take up the role of managing director, commercial at News Corp Australia’s Herald & Weekly Times subsidiary. Meanwhile, HWT’s executive general manager Peter Clark will join the newly-created News Digital Networks Australia division.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, HERALD AND WEEKLY TIMES LIMITED, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, PACIFIC MAGAZINES PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NEWS DIGITAL NETWORK AUSTRALIA, NEWS LIFE MEDIA PTY LTD

Roy Morgan partners with New Zealanders for Health Research for important report on Kiwi attitudes to health and medical research

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Aug-16

Asked to consider what issues their government should be focusing on over the next couple of years, 90 per cent of New Zealanders rated "improving hospitals and the healthcare system" as one of the key priorities. Other health-related matters such as "more funding for health and medical research" and "increasing preventative healthcare funding and programmes" also featured among their top 10 concerns. This is just one of the many findings revealed in New Zealand Speaks, the inaugural report from New Zealanders for Health Research, which was conducted by Roy Morgan Research to chart the attitudes of New Zealanders to health and medical research. This important nationwide opinion poll will be launched in Wellington on 24 August 2016. Joining forces with Roy Morgan was a logical move for the organisation. With decades of experience carrying out complex, customised research surveys, Roy Morgan’s involvement in New Zealand Speaks ensures that the report contains only the most accurate and reliable insights into how Kiwis feel about health and medical research. Roy Morgan also conducted a similar poll in 2015 for Research Australia, sister organisation to New Zealanders for Health Research – which means that both groups can now make meaningful comparisons between their results.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, NEW ZEALANDERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH, RESEARCH AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Australia’s most popular travel agents and the holiday-goers more (or less) likely to use them

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Aug-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that just over 13.7 million Australians aged 14+ took at least one holiday in the year to June 2016. Some 7.3 million (52.8 per cent) reported using a travel agent or tour operator for at least one of the trips they took – more than double the number (3.2 million) that did not use one at all. The survey also shows that 12.6 per cent of Australian holiday-goers used Flight Centre for at least one trip, ahead of online accommodation service Booking.com (11.4 per cent), Wotif.com (6.8 per cent), Webjet (6.1 per cent) and Airbnb (5.5 per cent). Analysis using Roy Morgan Research’s Helix Personas consumer profiling tool shows that members of the Social Flyers community are most likely to have booked their holiday via Flight Centre (22.5 per cent), while Rural Traditionalists (4.0 per cent) are least likely to have used Flight Centre.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED – ASX FLT, BOOKING.COM (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, WOTIF.COM HOLDINGS LIMITED, WEBJET LIMITED – ASX WEB, AIRBNB AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

The final Olympics tally: Seven reaches nearly three million through digital platforms

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Aug-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 14,778,000 Australians aged 14+ tuned in to watch the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Some 13.2 million (94 per cent) watched TV coverage on channels 7, 7HD, 7TWO and 7MATE, while Seven’s digital platforms found a combined audience of over 2.9 million people: 1,735,000 streamed coverage directly through the Olympics on 7 website or app (with 1,243,000 and 829,000 users respectively), and 1,571,000 engaged with Seven’s Olympics content through its social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Meanwhile, over 1.4 million Australians caught up on some Olympics highlights via YouTube, including the 7Olympics channel.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH CENTRE PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, TWITTER INCORPORATED, INSTAGRAM LLC, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence jumps to near three-year high of 121.8 (up 4.2pts) during Olympics

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Aug-16

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose by 3.6 per cent to 121.8 in the week ending 21 August 2016, to its highest level since November 2013. The improvement in confidence was broadly-based. Households’ views of the economic outlook in the next 12 months rose by 5.4 per cent, while consumers’ views of their current and future finances rose by 1.3 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ

Bureaucrats eye $1m pay despite flat wage growth

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Original article by David Uren, Sarah Elks
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 24-Aug-16

New figures show that the annual remuneration of many senior federal public servants have risen significantly since 2008. The secretary of the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, Martin Parkinson, is paid $A861,700 each year, while Treasury secretary John Fraser is paid $A840,810. Both salaries are much higher than the remuneration of their predecessors during the global financial crisis. Public servants in many states have also enjoyed strong growth wages over the last eight years.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD

Super contributions slump after reforms unveiled

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Original article by Michael Roddan
The Australian – Page: 6 : 24-Aug-16

Data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority shows that personal contributions to superannuation funds fell by 11.3 per cent, or $A811m, in the June 2016 quarter. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia’s acting CEO Jim Minto says the figures could indicate that confidence in the super system has been undermined by the uncertainty surrounding the Federal Government’s proposed super reforms.

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AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY, THE ASSOCIATION OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL, AMP LIMITED – ASX AMP, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Drums beat on $6b Snowy Hydro sale

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Original article by Ben Potter, Lucille Keen, Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 24-Aug-16

The Federal Goverment has downplayed media reports which suggested that it is considering the privatisation of Snowy Hydro as part of its strategy to balance the Budget. Snowy Hydro is estimated to be worth around $A6bn, which would value the Federal Government’s 13 per cent stake about about $A800m. The Government had rejected the National Commission of Audit’s 2014 recommendation to privatise Snowy Hydro, while a previous sale proposal in 2006 caused disunity within the Coalition.

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SNOWY HYDRO LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL COMMISSION OF AUDIT, NEW SOUTH WALES. THE TREASURY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Caltex’s Segal eyes Woolies fuel retail chain

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Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 11 : 24-Aug-16

It is estimated that Woolworths’ petrol stations business could fetch between $A1.3bn and $A1.5bn. Dale Koenders of Citigroup believes that Caltex Australia is likely to be the only bidder for the fuel retailing business, and Caltex CEO Julian Segal says his company would be interested in the division if it is put on the market. Caltex also intends to trial revamped convenience stores at some of its petrol stations. The pilot stores will feature quick service restaurants, fresh food and barista-made coffee.

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CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX CTX, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, MORGAN STANLEY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, INVESTORS MUTUAL LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, VIVA ENERGY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, VIVA ENERGY REIT – ASX VVR

Doubts on Fortescue dividends

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 24-Aug-16

Analysts are divided regarding Fortescue Metals Group’s dividends in coming years, after the pure-play iron ore miner announced a total payout of $A0.15 per share for 2015-16. Paul McTaggart of Credit Suisse expects the total dividend to rise to $A0.17 in 2016-17, before falling to $A0.05 in 2017-18 due to expectations that the iron ore price will fall. Glyn Lawcock of UBS forecasts a dividend of $A0.18 per share in 2016-17 and $A0.11 in 2017-18, while Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley anticipate a big fall in the total payout for both financial years.

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FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, GOLDMAN SACHS AND PARTNERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MORGAN STANLEY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, SHAW AND PARTNERS LIMITED, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, JEFFERIES AND COMPANY, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL