CITIES AND TOWNS – AUSTRALIA

Cities report warns of growing economic chasm

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Original article by Michael Bleby
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 44 : 9-Jul-15

A new report shows that factors such as access to transport infrastructure and centres of employment are influencing residential property prices in Australian cities. House prices in outer suburbs where access to such amenities is more limited are growing at a slower pace than those in inner suburbs. The Federal Government report warns that a social divide may develop between people who live in inner areas and those on the fringes of major cities.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

How Australia’s cities are changing: which are richer, trendier, ageing, battling or more family-friendly

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 18-Jun-15

Roy Morgan Research has integrated new suburb-by-suburb population estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics into Helix Personas. This shows that Sydney has gained around 230,000 people (for total growth of five per cent) over the three years to June 2014. Some 82,544 of these new residents are high-income, educated and successful home-owners in the Leading Lifestyles community. Melbourne’s biggest proportional growth was among two distinct types of people: high-spending hipsters and outer suburban young parents. Perth was the fastest-growing city overall, with 10% more residents than in 2011, while Brisbane and Adelaide recorded population growth of six per cent and three per cent respectively.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

Aussies in mid-size towns want more local news

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Jun-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 51 per cent of Australians aged 14+ regard local news as the content they most want to see, hear or read one or more times across the week. The survey, which was carried out in the year to March 2015, also shows that 49 per cent of capital city residents cite local news as a weekday or weekend content preference, while residents of Australia’s 12 largest non-capital towns and urban areas generally prefer local news. This includes 71 per cent of residents of Launceston and 69 per cent of those in Albury.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Petrol chains gouge country motorists

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Original article by Patrick Durkin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 15-Jan-15

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission will investigate allegations that the cost of petrol remains much higher in regional and rural areas than in metropolitan regions. The average price of unleaded petrol is currently around $A1.197 per litre in the five main capital cities. However, motorists in regional cities and towns are paying between $A0.18 and $A0.44 per litre more. This includes Canberra and Hobart

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AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, COMMONWEALTH SECURITIES LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM LIMITED, QUEENSLAND. TREASURY, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, COLES GROUP LIMITED, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, BP AUSTRALIA LIMITED, CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX CTX, 7-ELEVEN STORES PTY LTD, INFORMED SOURCES PTY LTD