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 Import (28 Mar 11) |
Very Import (14 Nov 11) |
Very Import (29 Oct 12) |
Change – Oct 12 to Oct 13 |
|
| United States |
51% |
38% |
6% |
4% |
60% |
55% |
55% |
-4% |
| New Zealand |
56% |
32% |
8% |
4% |
69% |
61% |
54% |
2% |
| United Kingdom |
42% |
43% |
11% |
4% |
56% |
47% |
47% |
-5% |
| China |
46% |
42% |
8% |
5% |
48% |
48% |
45% |
1% |
| Indonesia |
35% |
41% |
18% |
6% |
31% |
27% |
33% |
2% |
| Japan |
27% |
52% |
15% |
6% |
39% |
32% |
31% |
-4% |
| India |
19% |
41% |
32% |
8% |
26% |
23% |
26% |
-7% |
| Germany |
17% |
38% |
35% |
9% |
23% |
18% |
20% |
-3% |
| South Africa |
12% |
32% |
45% |
12% |
16% |
12% |
14% |
-2% |
More than half the respondents think it is very important to have close relationships with the New Zealand (56%) and the United States (51%) and just under half think it is very important to have a close relationship with China (46%) and the United Kingdom (42%).
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 62% of Liberal/National voters, 47% of Labor voters and 41% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked last October, there have been decreases in the rating of the importance of relations with India (-7%) and the United Kingdom (-5%). There have been only very slight increases in the importance of the relationship with Indonesia (+2%) and New Zealand (+2%).