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 |
Very import-ant
May 15 |
Very import-ant
Jul 16 |
Change | ||
United States | 47% | 40% | 8% | 6% | 60% | 59% | 53% | 44% | 44% | 49% | -2 | |
United Kingdom | 47% | 41% | 6% | 6% | 56% | 48% | 48% | 38% | 39% | 41% | +6 | |
China | 43% | 43% | 6% | 7% | 48% | 54% | 44% | 41% | 39% | 42% | +1 | |
Japan | 30% | 50% | 11% | 9% | 39% | 35% | 31% | 30% | 31% | 25% | +5 | |
Indonesia | 25% | 46% | 19% | 9% | 31% | 40% | 32% | 22% | 21% | 26% | -1 | |
Canada | 25% | 49% | 17% | 9% | na | na | 26% | 22% | 24% | 22% | +3 | |
Germany | 20% | 49% | 21% | 10% | 23% | 20% | 22% | 18% | 20% | 19% | +1 | |
India | 17% | 47% | 25% | 11% | 26% | 26% | 22% | 20% | 22% | 19% | -2 | |
Russia | 17% | 38% | 34% | 12% | na | na | 16% | 11% | 13% | 17% | – | |
Saudi Arabia | 13% | 37% | 36% | 14% | na | na | 17% | 12% | 14% | 13% | – |
47% of respondents think it is very important to have a close relationship with the United States and 47% think it is very important to have a close relationship with the United Kingdom and 43% with China. Relations with Russia (17%) and Saudi Arabia (13%) were thought to be the least important.
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 59% of Liberal/National voters, 45% of Labor voters and 35% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked in July last year, the importance of our relationship with the United Kingdom has increased 6% and the importance of our relationship with Japan increased 5%.