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 impor-tant
Mar 11 |
Very import-ant
Nov 13 |
Very import-ant
Oct 14 |
Very import-ant
Feb 15 |
Change | ||
| United States | 44% | 41% | 8% | 8% | 60% | 59% | 53% | 44% | – | |
| China | 39% | 44% | 6% | 10% | 48% | 54% | 44% | 41% | -2 | |
| United Kingdom | 39% | 43% | 9% | 10% | 56% | 48% | 48% | 38% | +1 | |
| Japan | 31% | 52% | 6% | 11% | 39% | 35% | 31% | 30% | +1 | |
| Canada | 24% | 45% | 18% | 13% | na | na | 26% | 22% | +2 | |
| India | 22% | 47% | 17% | 14% | 26% | 26% | 22% | 20% | +2 | |
| Indonesia | 21% | 40% | 27% | 12% | 31% | 40% | 32% | 22% | -1 | |
| Germany | 20% | 47% | 19% | 14% | 23% | 20% | 22% | 18% | +2 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 14% | 40% | 30% | 16% | na | na | 17% | 12% | +2 | |
| Russia | 13% | 38% | 33% | 16% | na | na | 16% | 11% | +2 |
44% of respondents think it is very important to have a close relationship with the United States and 39% think it is very important to have a close relationship with China and the United Kingdom. Relations with Russia (13%) and Saudi Arabia (14%) were thought to be the least important.
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 51% of Liberal/National voters, 48% of Labor voters and 29% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked in February, there has been little change in importance of relations for all countries.