New research from Roy Morgan found 2.96 million people (14.9% of Australians 14+) were asked by their friends or families for advice regarding their finances and investments. This large number of ‘trusted advisors’ has significant potential to influence financial and banking decisions of the 5.4 million people who ask for their advice. Read on to find out which consumer banks have the highest proportion of customers that are asked by friends or family for their financial advice, as well as how these ‘trusted advisors’ rate their respective banks.

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In wake of increased terrorist incidents around the world, the image of Police in Australia has hit a record high with 76% of Australians now rating Police ‘very high’ or ‘high’ for ethics and honesty. Within the legal fields, both High Court Judges 74% (up 3%) and State Supreme Court Judges 71% (up 1%) experienced slight increases, however both sets of justices are slightly below their record high rating of 75% which they both achieved in 2011.

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Public Opinion Pollsters are clearly more highly regarded by Australians than the media people who report the results of these polls, with 34% of Australians (up 2%) rating Public Opinion Pollsters as having ‘very high’ or ‘high’ ethics and honesty. Meanwhile, those tasked with relaying the results of polls to the general public have not fared as well with only 20% of Australians (up 1%) rating Newspaper Journalists ‘very high’ or ‘high’ for ethics and honesty, while 17% of Australians (down 1%) rated TV Reporters ‘very high’ or ‘high’.

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10% of Australians stream radio online in an average four weeks, Roy Morgan Research shows. 25 to 34 year-olds are the most likely to stream radio (15%).

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72% of Australians 14+ use email in an average four weeks, Roy Morgan Research shows. 19% of email users read email newsletters during the period.

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ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 0.4% to 112.4 this week. Broadly, though, confidence has recovered from the mid-May low. That said, there continues to be significant volatility between sub-indices. Households' expectations of current economic conditions edged up  0.6%, after a 5.2% decline the previous week. Meanwhile, households' confidence in future economic conditions rose 2.8%, more than offsetting the 2.6% fall in the previous week.

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New in-depth research exploring the concerns of Australians both in Australia and globally found the economy and things economic to be the biggest single theme to emerge in Australia. Economic Issues including Unemployment, Housing affordability, the Economy in general, Poverty and the gap between the rich and poor were mentioned by 38% of Australians as the most important problems facing Australia. Read on to find out what other issues Australians consider as the most important problems facing Australia and also the World.

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ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index lifted from 123.9 to 127.8, the highest reading since January. The long-run average is 119. In fact, June marks the 10th month sentiment has sat north of that average. The Current Conditions Index lifted 1 point while the Future Conditions Index rose 6 points. Consumers' view of their own financial position eased from +16 to +14.

Learn more with our ANZ-Roy Morgan New Zealand Consumer Confidence tables.

In June New Zealand’s governing National Party has jumped 3.5% to 46.5% after Finance Minister Steven Joyce handed down a New Zealand Budget projecting a string of surpluses over the next few years. National are now well ahead of the opposition Labour/Greens alliance which dropped 3% to 39.5%.

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