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ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence Edges Down

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Jun-15

The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence rating for Australia fell by 0.4 per cent to 114.0 in the week ended 21 June 2015. However, the four-week moving average is now at 113.5, the highest level since November 2014, reflecting the more positive reaction to the Federal Budget. The sub-index for households’ finances in the next year fell by 1.1 per cent, while the sub-index for households’ finances compared with a year ago rose by 5.3 per cent.

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

Treasury forecasts ‘big’ growth in wine sales to China

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Original article by Angus Grigg
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 & 20 : 23-Jun-15

Treasury Wine Estates is upbeat about its prospects in the Chinese market. Robert Foye, the group’s MD for Asia, expects China to be Treasury’s third-biggest source of profits and revenue within five years. He believes that Treasury’s annual sales in Asia could potentially grow by 15-20 per cent over this period. Treasury is also likely to benefit from the Australia-China free trade agreement.

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TREASURY WINE ESTATES LIMITED – ASX TWE, WOLF BLASS WINES PTY LTD, PENFOLDS WINES PTY LTD

The year that ‘defied the doomsayers’

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Original article by Vanessa Desloires
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 23-Jun-15

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index has gained 3.7 per cent so far in 2014-15, with one week left of the financial year. The broader All Ordinaries Index has risen by 3.9 per cent, while the total return for stocks in the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index has risen by 8.2 per cent. CommSec’s Craig James says the fiscal year has been "good" but not "great" for investors.

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX ALL ORDINARIES INDEX, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX ALL ORDINARIES ACCUMULATION INDEX, COMMONWEALTH SECURITIES LIMITED, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

Scene could be set for another capacity war

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Original article by Matt O’Sullivan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 23-Jun-15

Qantas and Virgin Australia both increased their capacity on domestic routes in recent years, which kept a lid on airfares. However, new data shows that airfares began rising again in 2014, after the two carriers slowed the rate at which they added new aircraft to their fleets. Little growth is expected in either fleet in 2015, but a report produced by 4th Dimension and the Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation notes that it would not take much for them to engage in a renewed "capacity war".

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QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX VAH, 4TH DIMENSION, FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED – ASX FLT, CENTRE FOR ASIA PACIFIC AVIATION, JETSTAR AIRLINES PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. BUREAU OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS, ANSETT AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED

Seven Group new boss set to take helm

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 23-Jun-15

Seven Group Holdings’ incoming CEO Ryan Stokes will receive an annual salary of $A1.6m when he succeeds Don Voelte in July 2015. Stokes has been an executive director of the conglomerate since 2010, and became COO in 2012. His remuneration also includes both short- and long-term incentive plans. Voelte revealed his intention to step down in April.

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SEVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX SVW, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, WESTRAC HOLDINGS PTY LTD

Over two thirds of Facebook’s users (and over half of YouTube’s) now visiting via mobile devices

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 22-Jun-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that almost 13 million Australians aged 14+ visited Facebook in an average four weeks in the year to March 2015, which is 10 per cent higher than in the year to March 2013. Some 68 per cent used a mobile device for some or all of their visitation, up from 45 per cent of total visitors two years ago. Meanwhile, the number of Australians who only use a computer to visit Facebook in an average four weeks has fallen from 6,456,000 in 2013 to 4,162,000 in 2015. There has been a similar shift to mobile devices among YouTube visitors in the last two years, although the majority of visitors to eBay still do so using a computer.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED, EBAY INCORPORATED

The ALDI effect: Australia’s changing supermarket scene

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 22-Jun-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that German supermarket chain ALDI has increased its share of the Australian market from 3.1 per cent to 11.6 per cent over the last 10 years. The survey also shows that n 35.1 per cent of Australian grocery buyers aged 14+ shop at ALDI in an average four weeks, including more than 47 per cent of grocery buyers in both Victoria and New South Wales. Roy Morgan Research CEO Michele Levine says with the planned entry of Lidl to Australia, supermarkets are likely to focus more on customers than ever – understanding who they are, their needs and drives, and how to communicate with them and engage their loyalty.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, LIDL GMBH & CO KG, COLES GROUP LIMITED, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, IGA

CGT discount too generous: Tony Shepherd

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Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 23-Jun-15

Australian business leader Tony Shepherd says the capital gains tax (CGT) rate should be increased to the same level as the income tax rate. He has also advocated changes to the CGT discount of 50 per cent and increasing both the rate and scope of the goods and services tax.

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COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL COMMISSION OF AUDIT

nib leaks customers’ private details

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Original article by Tim Binsted, Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 23-Jun-15

Listed health insurer nib has apologised to customers after their personal details were inadvertently made available to other customers via its web portal. The insurer has stressed that credit card details were not disclosed, although customers have said that they were able to view information such as the past claims of other customers. Data privacy agencies are expected to investigate the breach of confidentiality.

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NIB HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NHF, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE OMBUDSMAN, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL, MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED – ASX MPL, INTELLIGENT BUSINESS RESEARCH SERVICES PTY LTD

Make states fund health: PM’s office

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 23-Jun-15

A leaked green paper from the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet outlines a number of potential options for reforms to the public hospital system. They include transferring all responsibility for funding and operating the public health system to the states and territories, establishing a system similar to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for public and private hospitals, and making health care entirely funded at federal level.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET