Relationships with other countries

Q. Do you think Australia currently has good or poor relationships with the following countries?

	Total good	Total poor		Very good	Good	Neither good nor poor	Poor	Very poor	Don’t know		Aug 2014 good	Aug 2014 poor
New Zealand	76%	4%		30%	46%	12%	3%	1%	7%		87%	2%
United Kingdom	72%	3%		24%	48%	15%	2%	1%	9%		86%	2%
USA	65%	7%		16%	49%	20%	6%	1%	7%		88%	2%
Japan	60%	6%		14%	46%	22%	5%	1%	13%		68%	5%
China	48%	15%		6%	42%	28%	12%	3%	8%		65%	7%
India	44%	11%		5%	39%	30%	9%	2%	14%		48%	9%
Indonesia	34%	21%		4%	30%	33%	17%	4%	13%		31%	30%
Russia	17%	28%		2%	15%	39%	21%	7%	16%		10%	48%

 

More than seven in ten think that Australia has good relationships with New Zealand and United Kingdom. About two thirds think relationships with USA and Japan are good

There were mixed opinions on the relationship with Indonesia (34% good/21% poor) and only 17% thought our relationship with Russia is “good”.

Since this question was asked in August 2014, perceptions have changed substantially for relationships with United Kingdom (down 14%), USA (down 23%) and China (down 17%).