Concern about military conflict with China

Q. In the past month, diplomatic tensions between Australia and China have increased, with Australia investing $750M to improve Australian Defence Force training facilities in the Northern Territory and Defence Minister Peter Dutton saying that a war with China over Taiwan should not “be discounted”.

To what extent are you concerned about Australia engaging in a military conflict with China in the near future?

	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Extremely concerned	18%	18%	18%	11%		21%	21%	18%		18%	23%	17%
Very concerned	21%	22%	21%	20%		23%	21%	21%		21%	22%	27%
Fairly concerned	36%	32%	39%	43%		29%	36%	38%		35%	25%	36%
Not very concerned	19%	21%	17%	19%		20%	18%	19%		18%	25%	19%
Not at all concerned	6%	8%	5%	7%		7%	5%	4%		8%	5%	1%
TOTAL: Concerned	39%	40%	39%	31%		44%	41%	39%		39%	45%	44%
TOTAL: Not concerned	25%	28%	22%	26%		27%	23%	23%		26%	31%	21%
Base (n)	1,092	536	556	340		372	380	371		400	109	111

• 39% of Australians are concerned about Australia engaging in a military conflict with China in the near future, with 18% extremely concerned. 36% are fairly concerned, and a quarter (25%) are not concerned.
• Those 18-34 are less likely to be concerned about this than older cohorts (31% to 44% of those 35-54 and 41% those over 55).