Q. Do you think Australia currently has good or poor relationships with the following countries?
| Total good | Total poor | Very good | Good | Neither good nor poor | Poor | Very poor | Don’t know | Aug 2014
good |
Aug 2014 poor | |||
| New Zealand | 76% | 4% | 30% | 46% | 12% | 3% | 1% | 7% | 87% | 2% | ||
| United Kingdom | 72% | 3% | 24% | 48% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 9% | 86% | 2% | ||
| USA | 65% | 7% | 16% | 49% | 20% | 6% | 1% | 7% | 88% | 2% | ||
| Japan | 60% | 6% | 14% | 46% | 22% | 5% | 1% | 13% | 68% | 5% | ||
| China | 48% | 15% | 6% | 42% | 28% | 12% | 3% | 8% | 65% | 7% | ||
| India | 44% | 11% | 5% | 39% | 30% | 9% | 2% | 14% | 48% | 9% | ||
| Indonesia | 34% | 21% | 4% | 30% | 33% | 17% | 4% | 13% | 31% | 30% | ||
| Russia | 17% | 28% | 2% | 15% | 39% | 21% | 7% | 16% | 10% | 48% |
More than seven in ten think that Australia has good relationships with New Zealand and United Kingdom. About two thirds think relationships with USA and Japan are good
There were mixed opinions on the relationship with Indonesia (34% good/21% poor) and only 17% thought our relationship with Russia is “good”.
Since this question was asked in August 2014, perceptions have changed substantially for relationships with United Kingdom (down 14%), USA (down 23%) and China (down 17%).