Big four lending at record low as competition bites

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Original article by Duncan Hughes
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 6-Aug-19

Analysis by Morgan Stanley suggests that smaller Australian banks and non-authorised deposit-taking institutions are enjoying stronger growth in mortgage lending than the nation’s four largest banks. The ‘big four’ are attempting to counter this by offering incentives and aggressively reducing their interest rates, but some of the smaller lenders are matching these offers. Meanwhile, data from Australian Finance Group shows that the market share of non-bank lenders rose to a record 42 per cent in the June quarter.

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MORGAN STANLEY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN FINANCE GROUP LIMITED – ASX AFG, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, ME BANK, BENDIGO BANK, CANSTAR PTY LTD, THINKTANK, THE BLACKSTONE GROUP LP, LA TROBE FINANCIAL PTY LTD

Females closing the gender wealth gap

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 6-Aug-19

The latest findings from the second edition of the Roy Morgan Wealth Report show that the average net wealth (personal assets minus debt) per capita of females in Australia in the year to March 2019 was $400k, equal to 89% of the male average of $449k. This gap is now much smaller than it was in 2007, prior to the global financial crisis, when the female average was only $236k (or 80% of the $296k male average). Overall, the average net wealth per capita of Australians has grown from $285,600 in 2007 to $424,200 in 2019, an increase of 59.7%. This is an increase in real terms (allowing for inflation) of 23.8%. Both genders have shown increased per capita net wealth, but the average woman experienced a 69% increase (from $236k to $400k), while men showed an increase of only 52% (from $296k to $449k). The report is drawn from over half a million in-depth face-to-face interviews conducted in Australians’ homes over the period from 2007 to 2019.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Google refuses to budge from top spot in mobile handset customer satisfaction

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 6-Aug-19

Google has won the Roy Morgan Mobile Phone Handset Customer Satisfaction Award for June 2019. Google received a satisfaction rating of 94%, which is a 4% increase since June 2018. It was followed by Apple iPhone (93%), Samsung (90%), LG (90%) and Motorola (90%). Google and Apple iPhone have now held first and second position respectively for eleven months straight. Of the top five brands, LG enjoyed the largest increase to its satisfaction ratings from a year ago (up 13%). However, LG’s rating has remained at around 90% for the past five months. The only decrease in ratings went to Motorola, with a 2% drop compared to a year ago.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, APPLE INCORPORATED, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY LIMITED, LG ELECTRONICS, MOTOROLA INCORPORATED

Perth loses top personal net wealth ranking to Sydney

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 6-Aug-19

The second edition of the Roy Morgan Wealth Report shows that Sydney boasted the highest average net wealth (personal assets minus debt) per capita in the year to March 2019, at $570,000. It was followed by Melbourne ($491k), the ACT ($441k) and Perth ($358k). In contrast, Perth had the highest average net wealth per capita in the year to December 2007, at $338k. This was well ahead of Sydney on $292k and Melbourne on $268k, which also trailed the ACT ($329k). The report is drawn from over half a million in-depth face-to-face interviews conducted in Australians’ homes over the period from 2007 to 2019.

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Panadol’s continuing dominance proves a pain for competitors

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 6-Aug-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 12.4 million Australians aged 14+ (60.4%) purchased headache and pain relief products in an average four weeks in the year to March 2019, up from 12.1 million in 2016. Some 7.8 million Australians (38% of the population) purchase Panadol-brand pain relief products in an average four weeks, followed by Nurofen (21.8%) and supermarket brands (9.9%). The research also shows that over the past three years, the proportion of Australians who purchase Panadol has increased by 0.8% points, while Nurofen has decreased by 1.2% points. Meanwhile, 30.1% of Australians indicate that they buy pain relief products from chemists or pharmacies in an average six months, while supermarkets are the next preferred choice (26%).

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Union’s EBA push for indigenous voice

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Original article by Geoff Chambers, Richard Ferguson
The Australian – Page: 3 : 5-Aug-19

Menzies Research Centre director Nick Cater has criticised the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining & Energy Union’s proposed enterprise bargaining agreement with subcontractor Gabba Waterproofing. It includes a First Nations People clause, which amongst other things requires the subcontractor to hold ‘welcome to country’ ceremonies when the number of workers on the North Queensland Stadium project reaches 20. Cater says the CFMMEU’s demands are all about union turf wars rather than Aboriginal land rights. The EBA was lodged with the Fair Work Commission in July.

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MARITIME, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, GABBA WATERPROOFING PTY LTD, THE MENZIES RESEARCH CENTRE LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Push for Darwin Port to be nationalised to end Chinese ownership of strategic northern asset

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Original article by Andrew Greene
abc.net au – Page: Online : 5-Aug-19

Federal Labor MP Nick Champion has called for Chinese company Landbridge’s 99-year lease on Darwin Port, which it was awarded by the Northern Territory Government in 2015 under a $500 million deal, to be scrapped. Champion, who is the Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, says he does not think that placing the port back into Commonwealth control will anger the Chinese government. Neil James from the Australian Defence Association says the suggestion to nationalise Darwin Port is a sensible one.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LANDBRIDGE GROUP COMPANY LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE, AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE ASSOCIATION

Job snobs leave bosses in the lurch

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Original article by Geoff Chambers
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 5-Aug-19

Almost 60 per cent of businesses looking for lower-skilled roles are finding it hard to find new staff, while almost 50 per cent are finding it hard in general to recruit new employees. This is according to research by the Department of Employment, which found amongst other things that many potential employees were disinterested in the job, lacked personal presentation skills or submitted applications that were of poor quality. Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry CEO James Pearson says the survey demonstrates that action is needed to address the problem of prospective employees who are not job-ready.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, SKILLS, SMALL AND FAMILY BUSINESS, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

Adani-style red tape tops Canberra’s hit-list

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 5-Aug-19

The federal government will announce on 5 August that the Productivity Commission will be asked to examine the approvals process for resource projects. This coincides with the announcement by Ben Morton, the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, of his intention to adopt a sector-by-sector approach to abolishing unnecessary regulation. Morton says he expects businesses to pass on any benefits that result from this review to the broader economy.

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AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, ADANI MINING PTY LTD

Sky pulls videos from Twitter posts but embraces new Facebook deal

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Original article by Zoe Samios, Leo Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 23 : 5-Aug-19

Sky News Australia CEO Paul Whittaker says it will continue to use Twitter to post breaking news stories and links to content on its website. However, Sky News will cease distributing its video content via the social media platform, after online activists edited its videos to create fake news stories. Meanwhile, its free-to-air rivals will launch exclusive news bulletins on Facebook Watch, while Sky News will produce a daily show called ‘Unpacked’, which will focus on a major news story each day.

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SKY NEWS, TWITTER INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED, JUNKEE MEDIA PTY LTD, PEDESTRIAN, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, TABOOLA