A special analysis of movement data in Australia’s Capital City CBDs over the past year shows movement levels hitting their highest levels in over a year in both the Melbourne CBD and Adelaide CBD after the recent Easter break.

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence increased 6.4pts to 114.1 a week after the lockdown of Greater Brisbane ended and Australians enjoyed the four-day Easter long weekend. Consumer Confidence is now well above the 2021 weekly average of 110.6 and a huge 35.9pts higher than the same week a year ago, April 11/12, 2020 (78.2).

Now 83% of Australians have either already been vaccinated (7%), say they are willing to be vaccinated (69%) or would be willing to be vaccinated once the Pfizer vaccine becomes available (7%) – a total of 83% and an increase of 3% points since February, according to a special Roy Morgan Snap SMS survey conducted on Friday April 9 and Saturday April 10, 2021.

The Labour/Greens government support is down 1% point to 57.5% in March. However, support for the Labour Party was up 0.5% points to 45.5% in March while support for the Greens dropped 1.5% points to 12%.

Latest Roy Morgan employment series data shows 1.64 million Australians unemployed in March (down 291,000 on February) for an unemployment rate of 11.4% - the lowest for a year.

New Zealand Consumer Confidence was down by 2.3pts to 110.8 in March, stopping slightly short of its historical average of 120.

In March 2021 Roy Morgan Business Confidence increased 3.2pts (+2.6%) to 124.0. This is the highest level of Business Confidence in Australia for over seven years since January 2014 (131.5). Business Confidence is now 10.4pts above the long-term average of 113.6.