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title: "Local Government suite: October 2026 updates"
description: "October 2026 release notes for the .id Local Government suite: explore Community Views feedback by topic, plus housing, tourism and economic data updates."
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# Local Government suite: October 2026 updates

## Local Government suite October 2026 release notes: Summarise Community Views feedback by topic, sales and rental data, tourism visitor data, monthly updates

October's updates make it easier to explore what the community is saying in Community Views. They also refresh housing market, tourism and economic data across the .id (Informed Decisions) Local Government suite.

### What's new

#### Explore open-text feedback by topic in Community Views

You can now filter open-text comments across the survey quesitons by topic, with an improved AI summary. Core questions use the 16 liveability attributes as topics, while custom questions get topics drawn from their own responses. A new search page also covers every open-text response across all questions and survey waves, so you can look into issues that never had a survey question of their own.

### Data updates

#### Local sales and rental data

Sales prices, advertised rents and rental vacancy rates have been updated to the June 2026 quarter on all Housing Monitors, with revisions to earlier quarters. The new data also flows through to the Affordability Monitor and Worker Affordability sections.

#### Small area building approvals

Quarterly SA1 building approvals have been updated to the December 2025 quarter on all Housing Monitors.

#### Tourism visitor data

Annual tourism visitor data has been updated on all Economic Profiles. Tourism Research Australia now uses a new method to measure domestic visitors, so domestic visitor data starts at 2025/26, while international visitor data keeps its full history. For details, see How domestic visitor data is reported in Economic Profile.

#### Unemployment

Local unemployment rates from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations have been updated to the June 2026 quarter on all Economic Profiles.

#### Consumer Price Index

The Consumer Price Index has been updated to the September 2026 quarter on all Economic Profiles.

#### Monthly data updates

- Building approvals: Community Profiles, Economic Profiles, Housing Monitor
- Retail trade: Economic Profiles
- JobSeeker recipients: Community Profiles

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