Q. Would you like to see Australia’s relationship with these countries get closer, stay the same or become less close?
| Get closer | Stay the same | Become less close | Don’t know | Get closer
28 Mar |
Change | ||
| China | 35% | 48% | 9% | 8% | 32% | +3 | |
| New Zealand | 33% | 57% | 3% | 8% | 37% | -4 | |
| Japan | 24% | 59% | 7% | 9% | 26% | -2 | |
| India | 23% | 50% | 16% | 12% | 19% | +4 | |
| Indonesia | 23% | 48% | 20% | 10% | 21% | +2 | |
| Germany | 20% | 58% | 10% | 12% | 18% | +2 | |
| United Kingdom | 19% | 67% | 7% | 7% | 25% | -6 | |
| United States | 18% | 63% | 12% | 7% | 24% | -6 | |
| South Africa | 14% | 58% | 14% | 14% | 13% | +1 |
35% think that Australia’s relationship with China should get closer and 33% think our relationship with New Zealand should get closer.
Labor voters are most likely to favour closer relationships with China (41%) and New Zealand (37%).
Liberal/National voters are also most likely to favour closer relationships with China (34%) and New Zealand (29%).
Greens voters are most likely to favour closer relationships with New Zealand (47%), Indonesia (40%) and China (31%).
Since this question was asked in March, the percentage wanting a closer relationship with the United Kingdom and the United States has declined 6%.