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Rebound is on: prices rise across the board

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Original article by Mackenzie Scott
The Australian – Page: 5 : 3-Sep-19

New data from CoreLogic shows that house prices rose by 0.8 per cent nationally in August, which is the first increase since October 2017. CoreLogic’s latest Hedonic Home Value Index also shows that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne rose by 1.6 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively in August, while Perth and Darwin were the only two capital cities to record a fall in house prices. Shane Oliver of AMP Capital says rising auction clearance rates suggest that house prices will continue to increase over the next 9-12 months.

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Look through soft growth

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Original article by Phillip Coorey, Matthew Cranston
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 3-Sep-19

There is speculation that the latest national accounts data will show that Australia’s growth slowed to about 1.4 per cent in the year to June. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says GDP data for the June quarter is likely to be particularly weak, given that it was dominated by the federal election and the US-China trade war. He expects economic conditions to improve in the September quarter, citing stimulatory factors such as the Coalition’s income tax cuts and back-to-back interest rate cuts in June and July. Frydenberg stresses that the Australian economy’s fundamentals remain strong.

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ALDImobile on top with fourth Roy Morgan monthly award in 2019

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 3-Sep-19

ALDImobile has won the Roy Morgan Mobile Phone Service Provider Monthly Customer Satisfaction Award for July 2019 with a customer satisfaction rating of 83%. ALDImobile’s rating has fallen 1% over the last year, although it has displaced former market leader Boost Mobile, whose customer satisfaction rating has fallen by 8% in the last year to 82%. Third-placed Vodafone has a customer satisfaction rating of 79%, just ahead of TPG and Belong (both on 78%). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Australians each week in their homes and over 50,000 each year.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, ALDIMOBILE, BOOST MOBILE, VODAFONE AUSTRALIA LIMITED, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, BELONG PTY LTD

Powershop still number one in electricity satisfaction, despite losing spark in recent months

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 3-Sep-19

Powershop has won the Roy Morgan Electricity Provider of the Month Award for July 2019, with a customer satisfaction rating of 78%. Powershop has won the past seven monthly awards, remaining unbeaten in 2019. Powershop was followed by Lumo Energy (71%), Simply Energy (70%) and Click Energy (70%). Powershop maintained its number one position in customer satisfaction, despite recording the largest decline in ratings of any leading provider, falling by 9% since its rating of 87% in January. Over the same period, Lumo Energy, Simply Energy and Click Energy all fell by 4%, Red Energy remained steady and Alinta Energy increased its rating by 1%. These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Australians each week and over 50,000 each year.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, POWERSHOP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, LUMO ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SIMPLY ENERGY, CLICK ENERGY

Woolworths bottle shops prove most popular

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 3-Sep-19

New data from Roy Morgan shows that Woolworths Group maintains the highest market penetration among alcohol retailers, with 60.7% of Australian alcohol buyers purchasing from its stores in an average four-week period. Some 22.5% of alcohol buyers shop at Coles Group’s liquor stores, and 41.9% visit other stores (including supermarkets such as Aldi and IGA, hotel bottle shops and independent retailers). Analysis shows that 37% of alcohol buyers purchase solely from Woolworths Group’s stores, while 9% solely purchase from Coles Group stores and 22% only visit other stores and independent retailers. The ‘Alcohol Retail Currency Report’ is based on the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Australians each week in their homes and over 50,000 each year.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED – ASX WOW, COLES GROUP LIMITED – ASX COL, DAN MURPHY’S, BWS – BEER WINE SPIRITS, CELLARMASTER WINES PTY LTD, WOOLWORTHS LIQUOR, FIRST CHOICE LIQUOR SUPERSTORE, LIQUORLAND (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, VINTAGE CELLARS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, IGA

Retail king Harvey says: ‘I’m never going to retire’

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Original article by Carrie LaFrenz
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 2-Sep-19

Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey says the company recorded three per cent growth in same-stores sales during the first two months of 2019-20. The furniture and consumer electronics retailer’s pre-tax net profit for 2018-19 was 8.4 per cent higher than previously, at $574.56m. Meanwhile, Harvey has ruled out retirement, despite approaching his 80th birthday.

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Sharing power with Greens a mistake

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Original article by Matthew Denholm
The Australian – Page: 4 : 2-Sep-19

Tasmanian Labor leader Rebecca White says the party will not share power with the Greens in the future. White has told Labor’s state conference that past alliances with the Greens were a "mistake", while she claims that the Greens talk down to anyone who disagrees with their views. White says the results of the most recent federal and Tasmanian elections show that Labor needs to reconnect with its traditional voters. With the next Tasmanian election due by March 2022, White says Labor will concentrate on policies to boost jobs and to restore health and other services.

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Cups run over for sought-after sports stream

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Original article by Leo Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 23 : 2-Sep-19

Kayo Sports CEO Julian Ogrin has downplayed concerns that the sports streaming service could cannibalise the subscriber base of parent company Foxtel. He says Kayo Sports is primarily targeting Australians who do not subscribe to Foxtel at present. Kayo boasted 382,000 subscribers at the end of June, including 331,000 paying customers, and Ogrin notes that subscribers viewed some 25 million hours of sports content on Kayo in the June quarter. Football fans viewed an average of 3.5 hours of content on Kayo during the period.

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KAYO SPORTS, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, WALT DISNEY COMPANY, DISNEY+, ESPN INCORPORATED

Streaming subscriptions on the rise as TV ad revenue comes under pressure

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Original article by Stephanie Chalmers
abc.net au – Page: Online : 2-Sep-19

Overall television advertising revenue was down by over four per cent in 2018-19, but revenue from advertising on broadcaster video-on-demand services jumped 32 per cent. Research by Telsyte indicates that over 50 per cent of Australian households have a video-on-demand paid subscription, with 43 per cent of households having more than one subscription. New Seven West Media CEO James Warburton says the company is exploring possible streaming partnerships in the subscription video-on-demand sector.

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Cash softens blow for ousted MPs

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Original article by Geoff Chambers, Richard Ferguson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 2-Sep-19

Analysis shows that at least 20 politicians who lost their seats at the 18 May federal election are entitled to receive a resettlement allowance. The amount of the lump sum payment varies depending on factors such as how long a politician has been in parliament, and it was designed to provide outgoing MPs and senators who do not have access to parliament’s superannuation scheme with re-skilling and re-employment assistance. Kerryn Phelps, Steve Martin and Sarah Henderson are amongst those who are entitled to receive the allowance, which is expected to cost about $1.3m in total.

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NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE