Almost two-thirds (65%) of Australians believe 10% or more of those receiving unemployment benefits are cheating the system, while only 1% of Australians believe no-one is cheating the system, 11% believe less than 10% are cheating and almost a quarter (23%) can't say. Full article.

A comparison of the opinions of Future Summit participants and those of the Australian population as well as today's article regarding Roy Morgan CEO, Michele Levine's presentation to the Future Summit in Sydney. Full Article ( PDF, Size: 9,602KB)

Special Morgan Poll qualitative research conducted on May 3/4, 2008, looked at concerns electors have about how the ALP Government and L-NP Opposition are handling their new jobs and also concerns electors have about how Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson are handling their new jobs. Full article.

On the eve of the Federal Budget, ALP support is 47% (down 5.5% in a week and 7.5% since late April) - its lowest level since the ALP won the Federal election on November 24, 2007. L-NP support is 37%, Greens 9%, Family First 1% and Others 6%, according to a special telephone Morgan Poll taken late last week and over last weekend (May 7-11, 2008). Despite the drop in ALP support the ALP would still be re-elected with an increased majority if the election were held today. Full article.

In early May, 2008 National Party support was 49.5% (up 2.5%), Labour Party 35.5% (up 1%) , Greens 6.5% (down 2,5%), NZ First 4.5% (up 0.5%), Maori Party 2% (down 1%), ACT NZ 1% and United First NZ 1%. If the General Election were held now the National Party would win, the latest New Zealand Morgan Poll shows. Full article.

In early May 2008, the vast majority of Australians (89%) support the Queen visiting Australia. Very few (11%) are against visits by the Queen to Australia according to a special Morgan Poll conducted last weekend (May 3/4). Australians are divided as to whether visits by the Queen should be formal or informal, but would favour “fairly informal” visits (42%) over “rather formal” visits (38%) with 9% undecided. Full article.

In early May NZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating was at a record low 92.7 (down 7.3pts) and down 33.6 points from December 2007 and 15.9 points below the 2008 average of.108.6. Now a record high 44% (up 4%) of New Zealanders say now is a bad time to buy major household items and 38% (down 1%) say ‘now is a good time to buy major household items’. In addition, 58% (up 6%) of New Zealanders expect bad times financially for New Zealand over the next 12 months, while just 24% (down 4%) expect good times financially. Full article.

The May Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 97.1, down 3 points from April and a massive 25.4 points below the May 2007 result of 122.5. This latest result is the first Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating since September 1993 to be less than 100.0 points. The largest factor driving this fall is a the increased number of Australians who say they and their family will be financially worse off this time next year - 27% (up 5% from April and 11% from January). Only 32% (down 5% from April) of Australians expect they and their family will be financially better off this time next year. Full article.