These figures are calculated from ABS 8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia. Table 1.
A state by state breakdown for the 4 months ended April 2010 is:
-1.27% New South Wales 2.41% Victoria 0.94% Queensland 6.00% South Australia 1.58% Western Australia 1.07% Tasmania 4.17% Northern Territory 1.09% Australian Capital Territory 1.08% Total for Australia
This shows that NSW is the only State to be in decline on retail sales, with South Australia the state with the largest growth this calendar year so far.
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A comparative state by state breakdown of the changes in seasonally adjusted Retail Sales for the 12 months ended December 2009 was:
4.35% New South Wales 3.82% Victoria 0.62%
Queensland 3.59% South Australia 2.67% Western Australia 0.16% Tasmania 4.78% Northern Territory 3.81% Australian Capital Territory 3.12% Total for Australia