A special analysis of movement data in Australia’s Capital City CBDs during 2020 shows movement levels remain well below those seen earlier in the year in all six State capitals.

Consumer confidence was down 1.8pts to 106.9 in November, with the current and future conditions indexes falling by similar amounts. Consumer confidence remains under par – its historical average is around 120.

In November 2020 Roy Morgan Business Confidence jumped 10.4pts (+10.5%) to 109.1 – the highest monthly reading for over a year since September 2019 (110.6). Business Confidence has now increased a record 23.5pts (+27.5%) over the last two months.

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence dropped 2.1pts to 104.5 on November 21/22, 2020 and is now 9.6pts above the 2020 weekly average of 94.9 and only 2.3pts lower than a year ago on the comparable weekend of November 23/24, 2019 (106.8).

In November, support for the L-NP Federal Government is unchanged since October with a narrow lead of 50.5% cf. ALP 49.5% on a two-party preferred basis according to the latest Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention.

Roy Morgan data shows major increases in online shopping over the past 12 months, when the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns of varying lengths drove shoppers online. For the first time, a majority (52%) of computers, tablets, accessories and software was bought online.

Roy Morgan today releases the latest cross-platform audience results for Australian newspapers and magazines for the period January – September 2020 showing growth for Australia’s leading newspaper mastheads and across the newspaper sector more broadly.

A special Roy Morgan survey into Victoria’s COVID-19 restrictions shows a slim majority of Victorians say Premier Dan Andrews should close the Victorian border with South Australia following an outbreak of COVID-19 in Adelaide with 54% saying the border to South Australia should be closed while 46% say the border should not be closed.