Q. How important is it for Australia to have a close relationship with the following nations?
| Very important | Quite important | Not very important | Don’t know | Very Important 28 Mar | Change | ||
| New Zealand | 61% | 31% | 5% | 3% | 69% | -8 | |
| United States | 55% | 37% | 4% | 3% | 60% | -5 | |
| China | 48% | 44% | 5% | 3% | 48% | – | |
| United Kingdom | 47% | 43% | 7% | 3% | 56% | -9 | |
| Japan | 32% | 53% | 11% | 4% | 39% | -7 | |
| Indonesia | 27% | 49% | 19% | 5% | 31% | -4 | |
| India | 23% | 48% | 24% | 6% | 26% | -3 | |
| Germany | 18% | 44% | 32% | 6% | 23% | -5 | |
| South Africa | 12% | 37% | 42% | 8% | 16% | -4 |
More than half the respondents think it is very important to have close relationships with the New Zealand (61%) and the United States (55%) and just under half think it is very important to have a close relationship with the China (48%) and the United Kingdom (47%).
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 60% of Liberal/National voters, 58% of Labor voters and 42% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked in March, there have been substantial decreases in the rating of the importance of relations with New Zealand (-8%), United Kingdom (-9%) and Japan (-7%). The importance of relations with all other listed countries has also fallen a little – with the exception of China which is unchanged. China is now ranked above United Kingdom in importance.