Q. Do you think the following types of foreign investment are good or bad for the Australian economy?
| Total good | Total bad | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | ||
| Foreign investment in mining | 27% | 28% | 6% | 21% | 29% | 17% | 11% | 15% | |
| Foreign investment in ports | 23% | 37% | 5% | 18% | 25% | 21% | 16% | 16% | |
| Foreign investment in agriculture | 21% | 44% | 6% | 15% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 14% | |
| Foreign investment in infrastructure e.g. electricity | 19% | 45% | 5% | 14% | 21% | 21% | 24% | 14% | |
| Foreign investment in real estate | 14% | 54% | 3% | 11% | 20% | 23% | 31% | 12% |
| Total good | Total bad | Vote Labor good | Vote Labor bad | Vote LNP good | Vote LNP bad | Vote Green good | Vote Green bad | Vote other good | Vote other bad | ||
| Foreign investment in mining | 27% | 28% | 23% | 33% | 37% | 24% | 19% | 38% | 23% | 42% | |
| Foreign investment in ports | 23% | 37% | 19% | 37% | 31% | 35% | 14% | 38% | 18% | 51% | |
| Foreign investment in agriculture | 21% | 44% | 19% | 42% | 29% | 42% | 11% | 51% | 13% | 62% | |
| Foreign investment in infrastructure e.g. electricity | 19% | 45% | 18% | 46% | 25% | 44% | 13% | 54% | 14% | 57% | |
| Foreign investment in real estate | 14% | 54% | 14% | 51% | 19% | 56% | 9% | 62% | 10% | 65% |
By a factor of more than two to one, respondents think foreign investment in real estate (54%), infrastructure (45%) and agriculture (44%) is bad for the Australian economy.
They were also more likely to think foreign investment in ports is bad for the economy (37% bad/23% good) but split on foreign investment in mining – 27% good/28% bad/ 29% neither.
While Liberal/National voters had a more positive view of foreign investment overall, they were still more likely to think it was bad for agriculture (42%), infrastructure (44%) and especially real estate (56%).