The new minority – the home phone connected

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

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 66.5% of Australians had access to subscription/pay TV services at home in June 2019, compared with 61.6% in June 2018 and just 29.1% in June 2015. Driving the increase has been the huge take-up of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service Netflix, which is now accessible by around 11.5 million Australians. In total, 57.1% of Australians now have access to SVOD services (including Netflix, Stan and Amazon Prime. Only four years ago less than 2% of Australians had SVOD. The incredibly fast take-up of these new technologies, and the almost ubiquitous usage of mobile phones (now used by 95.9% of Australians), has accelerated the decline in home phones. Now 48.6% of the population have a home phone connected, down 9.5% points from a year ago. Over 96% of Australians had a home phone connection in 2001. These findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey are derived from in-depth face-to-face personal interviews with over 50,000 Australians each year in their homes.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

Push to break China metals dominance

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Original article by Nick Evans
The Australian – Page: 17 & 20 : 3-Sep-19

A new report from the Department of Industry notes that Australia is one of the six leading sources of so-called critical minerals, such as rare-earth elements, cobalt, niobium, antimony, magnesium and tungsten. Cobalt and niobium are the only two minerals identified by the Department for which China is the major supplier and processor. Resources Minister Matt Canavan has highlighted the growth opportunities for Australia in terms of global supply of critical minerals. However, commodity prices and production costs will be the key issues for Australian miners.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, LYNAS CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX LYC

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

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

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

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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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS

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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HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN

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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TELSYTE PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

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

Albanese slams diabolical donations crisis

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Original article by Brad Norington
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 2-Sep-19

Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has criticised the culture of Labor’s New South Wales branch in the wake of the scandal over a $100,000 cash donation from a Chinese property developer. He says there are clearly accountability issues within NSW Labor and has called for a review into how the scandal occurred. However, Albanese has rejected a proposal to relocate NSW Labor’s head office, which is currently close to Sydney’s Chinatown precinct. Meanwhile, there is speculation that suspended NSW Labor secretary Kaila Murnain could potentially face criminal charges over her role in the scandal.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, NEW SOUTH WALES. INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION