(month, annual)

National - down 1.4 per cent, up 1.7 per cent

Sydney - down 1.8 per cent, down 6.0 per cent

Melbourne - down 1.1 per cent, down 3.9 per cent

Brisbane - down 1.7 per cent, up 13.4 per cent

Adelaide - down 0.2 per cent, up 19.2 per cent

Perth - down 0.4 per cent, up 4.1 per cent

Hobart - down 1.4 per cent, up 2.0 per cent

Darwin - 0.0 per cent, up 6.2 per cent

Canberra - down 1.6 per cent, up 4.0 per cent

Combined capitals - down 1.4 per cent, down 0.7 per cent

Combined regional - down 1.3 per cent, up 10.1 per cent.

Australian Associated Press