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Morgan phone poll: 55-45 to Coalition

Despite its modest sample of 543 and high margin of error, Morgan’s phone poll conducted over the past two nights shows similar results from other pollsters, although slightly at the Coalition end of the scale, writes William Bowe.

Highest unemployment ever? Morgan survey at odds with ABS

A Roy Morgan survey reported that during the last quarter of 2011, Australia recorded the highest unemployment and underemployment figures on record, writes Ava Hubble, a freelance journalist.

‘A breath of fresh air’: pollster Gary Morgan to host Monckton shindig

Gary Morgan has defended his firm over a decision to host a speech by fervent climate change skeptic Christopher Monckton next month, as controversy continues to swirl ahead over the ex-Margaret Thatcher adviser’s use of the Nazi swastika.

Roy Morgan compares election ads with voter response worms

The worm is back, and it’s multiplied. In this spiffy video Roy Morgan runs election ads parallel with voter response worms.

Vic election: education cruels Labor in inner-city marginals

Voters in marginal inner-city ALP seats under threat from the Greens are rebelling on the question of education, with Fiona Richardson’s wobbly seat of Northcote the most militant in the state when it comes to backing blackboards, according to exclusive Roy Morgan research commissioned for Crikey.

Swings and roundabouts for Gillard

Roy Morgan has again rained on Julia Gillard’s poll parade, with a poll in four QLD marginals showing Labor no better placed than before Kevin Rudd’s demise. But things are up in SA, says William Bowe.

Polligraph Debate Drilldown: Men, not women, are Abbott’s problem

It was men, not women, really cranking the dial hard towards “no” during Tony Abbott’s performance in last week’s health debate, according to Roy Morgan Reactor demographic breakdowns.

PolliGraph debate drilldowns

Roy Morgan has shared its audience data from last week’s Rudd-Abbott health debate with Crikey, and Possum Comitatus is drilling into all the dirty demographic breakdowns.

News Ltd’s Xmas gift: new newspaper reader data!

Mark Day explains the long and bitter tale of why Australian newspapers are getting a second set of readership information. It all started with Sir Keith and Roy Morgan after WWII…

Political economy: employment data spread cheer

Weekend news had US unemployment rising to 10.7 %, but the better news is that the rate of job loss continues to fall, writes Henry Thornton.

Australians and the death penalty: 50 years of public opinion

A new Roy Morgan poll tracks public opinion on death penalty and imprisonment all the way back to 1947. Have we softened in our views, or capitulated to a climate of fear? Possum Comitatus crunches the numbers.

What are Australians afraid of?

Roy Morgan has released a looking at the public perceptions of which countries are considered to be Australia’s biggest security threat, finding many are worried about Indonesia… except young people and Tasmanians.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Gary Morgan explains why Aussies don’t trust journos

Gary Morgan writes in on his Consumer Confidence Rating, and The Australian loses a reader.

Signs of an ALP good news boost

Roy Morgan have released a new telephone poll, giving a two party preferred of 57.5/42.5 to Labor — a 2.5% increase to the ALP since the last poll.

Nurses are no politicians: Morgan survey

Politicians are a little more popular, but when it comes to high esteem, nothing beats a nurse.

Newspapers fret as readership figures get a makeover

Newspaper readership figures seem to be an oddly unreliable measure, writes Margaret Simons.

Readership v. circulation: curious newspaper mathematics

Can we ever know how many copies of newspapers really find their way to readers? Margaret Simons crunches the numbers.

Consumer confidence: are there bad times just around the corner?

Consumer confidence has dropped significantly in the first Morgan survey for 2008, writes Christian Kerr.

Housing affordability – is it really the big question?

A clue to the big question of housing affordability lies in the changing demographics of Australian Society – according to the Roy Morgan “State of the Nation” report due to be released in two week.