A special Roy Morgan survey into Australian attitudes towards COVID-19 shows nearly three-quarters of Australians (72%) say mask wearing should be compulsory and over two-thirds, 68%, don’t want State borders to be completely open.

New financial data from Roy Morgan shows ING with the highest banking customer satisfaction among home loan customers at an exceptional 94.4% in November 2020, up 2.1% points on a year ago in November 2019 (92.3%).

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence was virtually unchanged at 108.9 in the first reading of the year for January 9/10, 2021. Consumer Confidence has started the new year 12.9pts above the 2020 weekly average of 96.0 and is 2.7pts higher than the first week of 2020 (106.2).

New data from Roy Morgan shows Australians consumed subscription TV services at an astonishing rate during 2020 as Australians endured a nation-wide lockdown from late March until late May and Victorians experienced a second, and longer, lockdown soon after.

The Labour/Greens government enjoys the support of 54.5% of New Zealand electors as 2021 begins, down 2% points since November. Although a clear majority of electors support the Labour/Greens alliance this is the lowest level of combined support for the two governing parties since March 2020. Support for the Labour Party is unchanged at 44% in December.

Of all Australians three-in-four (77%, down 10% points on April 2020) say they are willing to be vaccinated for Coronavirus if a new vaccine becomes publicly available, while a small 12% (up 5%) of Australians are not willing and 11% don’t know, according to a special Roy Morgan survey of an Australia-wide cross-section of 1,008 Australians aged 18+ conducted in November 2020.

Consumer confidence was up 5.1pts to 112.0 in December, with the current and future conditions indexes lifting by similar amounts. Consumer confidence is edging closer to its historical average of around 120.

Of all Australians 59% now think 2021 will be ‘better’ than 2020 – the highest positive view on the year ahead since 2009 following the Global Financial Crisis, a special Roy Morgan survey conducted in November finds. A further 17% say 2021 will be ‘the same’, an all-time record low of 10% say 2021 will be ‘worse’ than 2020 and 14% don’t know.

Roy Morgan’s annual post-Christmas retail sales forecasts conducted in conjunction with the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) project Australians are set to spend $19.46 billion across retail stores during the post-Christmas trading period, an increase of 3.9% from a year ago.

As Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe warns that Australia’s recovery from recession will be “uneven” and “bumpy”, new data from Roy Morgan shows the financial impact COVID-19 has had on Australians and also shows how people who have suffered negative changes to their employment during the COVID-19 pandemic have fared far worse than others.

New research from Roy Morgan shows 16.2 million Australians aged 14+ (77%) access entertainment and amusement services online in an average four weeks including watching videos, listening to music, playing games, uploading photos, downloading music, watching TV, streaming or downloading video clips, TV programs, games, feature length movies and more.

New data from Roy Morgan’s Superannuation Satisfaction Report shows an overall super fund satisfaction rating of 61.0% in October 20. This is an increase of 0.6% points from a month ago, however still down 3.1% points on a year ago. The most recent ratings cover the period since May 2020 during which time Australians in financial hardship were able to apply to withdraw two tranches of up to $10,000 of their superannuation.