Q. How important is it for Australia to have a close relationship with the following nations?
|
Very import-ant |
Quite import-ant |
Not very import-ant |
Don’t know |
|
Very Import-ant Mar 11 |
Very Import-ant Nov 13 |
Very Import-ant Jun 14 |
Very Import-ant Oct 14 |
Change |
|
| United States |
44% |
40% |
7% |
8% |
60% |
59% |
57% |
53% |
-9 |
|
| China |
41% |
41% |
8% |
9% |
48% |
54% |
46% |
44% |
-3 |
|
| United Kingdom |
38% |
41% |
12% |
9% |
56% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
-10 |
|
| Japan |
30% |
50% |
9% |
11% |
39% |
35% |
32% |
31% |
-1 |
|
| Indonesia |
22% |
44% |
23% |
11% |
31% |
40% |
35% |
32% |
-10 |
|
| Canada |
22% |
43% |
23% |
12% |
na |
na |
28% |
26% |
-4 |
|
| India |
20% |
47% |
21% |
12% |
26% |
26% |
23% |
22% |
-2 |
|
| Germany |
18% |
43% |
26% |
13% |
23% |
20% |
21% |
22% |
-4 |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
12% |
39% |
35% |
14% |
na |
na |
na |
17% |
-5 |
|
| Russia |
11% |
33% |
43% |
13% |
na |
na |
na |
16% |
-5 |
44% of respondents think it is very important to have a close relationship with the United States and 41% think it is very important to have a close relationship with China. Relations with Russia (11%) and Saudi Arabia (12%) were thought to be the least important.
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 50% of Liberal/National voters, 47% of Labor voters and 36% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked in October, there has been a decrease in the rating of the importance of relations for all countries – especially United Kingdom and Indonesia (both down 10%).