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Christmas 2023: Westpac research says “a smaller affair” this year
Our latest research with Westpac found almost three-quarters (74%) of Australians are planning a smaller Christmas celebration this year, with a similar amount (72%) looking to reduce their Christmas spending.
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Boldly going where 1 in 10 Aussies have previously (witnessing a UFO that is)
Lonergan worked with News.com.au to boldly go where no one has gone before - asking 1,000 Australians their beliefs on whether ET didn’t just phone home, but also contacted Earth.
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How do Australians feel about AI? AI research with News Corp
We asked over 1,000 Australians their opinions about AI – and it would seem they are quite evenly split. While 44% believe advances in AI would have a net positive impact on society, the exact same portion, expect a net negative impact.
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Australian Attitudes to Privacy
The report, which was released publicly in August 2023, highlighted the growing awareness of privacy matters and the rising incidence of privacy breaches, including scams, phishing attacks, and the much-publicised data breaches that occurred in the tail end of 2022.
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Close to half of Australians think student loan system is unfair
Lonergan Research recently worked with Senator M Faruqi and The Greens to uncover people’s attitudes towards student debt in Australia. Completed in June 2023, as changes to HECS Debt programs came into place, the objective was to understand concerns around growing student debt levels, whether Australians feel the current student loan system is fair, and levels of support for…
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Lonergan has successfully completed two acquisitions
Lonergan has successfully completed two acquisitions, further strengthening its mystery shopping and qualitative recruitment offering. Melbourne based Prime Auto Mystery Shopping and full-service qualitative recruitment agency Ava Research have both joined the Lonergan Group of Companies, boosting mystery shopper numbers to 40,000 nationally, and supersizing the organisations’ qualitative database to over 70,000 respondents. The Ava […]