Biggest threats to the world

Q. Which of the following international issues represents the biggest threat to the world? And which is the second biggest threat? 

	Total	Biggest threat	Second biggest threat		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote Other
Terrorism	61%	43%	18%		61%	71%	35%	57%
Global economic instability	51%	23%	28%		50%	52%	50%	54%
Climate change	38%	21%	17%		47%	21%	68%	36%
Fighting in the Middle East	23%	6%	17%		17%	27%	21%	29%
Chinese economic slowdown	12%	4%	8%		12%	13%	4%	12%
Tensions between Russia and its neighbours	8%	2%	6%		6%	10%	8%	9%
Tensions between China and its neighbours	7%	1%	6%		6%	6%	14%	3%

61% think that terrorism is one of the two biggest threats to the world and 51% nominated global economic instability as one of the biggest threats.

38% think climate change is one of the two biggest threats.

Labor and Liberal/National voters nominated terrorism and global economic instability as the biggest threats while Greens voters were more likely to think climate change was a bigger threat (68%). Only 21% of Liberal/National voters think climate change is one of the two biggest threats.