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Retail Trade, Australia, Preliminary
Key statistics • The seasonally adjusted estimate fell 1.8% (-$575.1m) in June 2021. • In seasonally adjusted terms, Australian turnover rose 2.9% in June 2021 compared with June 2020. Total retail turnover charts The fall of 1.8% in June 2021 follows a rise of 0.4% in May 2021. By state, Victoria (-3.5%) and New South Wales (-2.0%) led the falls, with both under stay-at-home orders for part of the month. Victoria's fall this month is larger than the fall seen in May when the state commenced Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions. Food retailing (1.5%) was the only industry to rise in June, with those states entering ... (full story)