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Australians prefer to partner with the EU economically but favour the US for a security partnership
A special Roy Morgan SMS survey taken in late August shows a clear majority of 61% of Australians say they prefer partnering with the USA for security issues but for partnering economically the European Union comes out on top, favoured by 43% of Australians.
In terms of security issues, the USA is favoured by 61% of Australians and is far ahead of any other contenders including the European Union (22%) and United Kingdom (14%). Considered together, over a third of Australians, 36%, select one of the two European based partners. In contrast, only 2.5% of people say they prefer Australia to partner with China regarding security issues and only 0.5% nominate Russia.
When it comes to partnering economically the views of Australians are more varied with a plurality of 43% favouring the European Union, a quarter preferring the USA (25%) and over a fifth, 22%, preferring the United Kingdom.
Nearly one-in-ten respondents say Australia should partner with China (9%) economically but only 1% nominate Russia as a preferred economic partner.
Government Confidence Rating jumps 8 points to 111.5 during week of the Jobs & Skills Summit; ALP 53.5% cf. L-NP 46.5% on a two-party preferred basis
This week’s Roy Morgan Poll on Federal Voting Intention shows the ALP on 53.5%, up 1.5% points from a week ago, now further ahead of the L-NP on 46.5%, down 1.5% points, on a two-party preferred basis.
The L-NP lost significant primary vote support, down 3% points to 36.5%, but ALP primary support was unchanged at 36%. The loss in support for the L-NP went to the Greens, up 1.5% points to 12%, and Independents, up 1.5% points to 7.5%. Support for One Nation was unchanged at 4% and support for Other Parties was unchanged at 4%.
In good news for the Albanese Government there was rising confidence that Australia is ‘Heading in the right direction’ with the Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating jumping 8 points to 111.5.
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ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence up by 1.1pts to 86.1 – highest for three months since early June
ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence was up by 1.1pts to 86.1 this week and is now 13.9pts below the same week a year ago, September 4/5, 2021 (100.0). In addition, Consumer Confidence is now 5pts below the 2022 weekly average of 91.1.
There were small improvements across the index this week with four indicators improving slightly and only one declining. On a State-by-State basis all mainland States except NSW increased from a week ago.
BREAKING NEWS: The RBA today raised the official interest rate by 0.5% points for the fourth straight month. Official Australian interest rates have now increased by 2.25% points to 2.35% over the last five months and are now at their highest for over seven years since being at 2.5% in early 2015.
Australian unemployment increases to 9.2% in August as workforce swells to 14.8 million
In August unemployment increased 0.7% points to 9.2%, according to the latest Roy Morgan employment series data. The rise in unemployment was due to more people entering the workforce, but unable to find jobs, as both overall employment and unemployment increased.
Unemployment in August increased 117,000 to 1.36 million Australians (9.2% of the workforce) while under-employment was up 59,000 to 1.33 million (8.9% of the workforce). Overall unemployment and under-employment increased 176,000 to 2.69 million (18.1% of the workforce).
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Maori party holds the balance of power in August as a potential National/Act NZ (46%) coalition is just ahead of Labour/Greens (44%)
The latest Roy Morgan New Zealand Poll shows the Maori Party holds the balance of power in August for a second straight month with record high support of 5%, up 1% point from July.
The gap between the two sides of politics remains small with a potential National/Act NZ coalition unchanged on 46% just ahead of the governing Labour/Greens on 44%, down 0.5% points.
