Retail sales in Australia were up a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent on month in April, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
That was shy of expectations for a gain of 0.3 percent, and it was down from 0.4 percent in March.
By region, there were rises in New South Wales (0.3 percent), Western Australia (0.6 percent), South Australia (0.5 percent), Tasmania (1.0 percent), the Australian Capital Territory (0.9 percent) and the Northern Territory (0.7 percent).
There were falls in Victoria (-0.3 percent) and Queensland (-0.1 percent).
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