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  • May, 2015

    Relations with Indonesia

    Q. How would you rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Nov 2013 May 2014 Oct 2014 Feb 2015
    Total good 26% 8% 58% 3% 14% 29% 25% 32% 24%
    Total poor 42% 65% 12% 76% 53% 42% 43% 39% 42%
    Very good 10% 1% 23% 1% 7% 11% 8% 12% 8%
    Good 16% 7% 35% 2% 7% 18% 17% 20% 16%
    Neither good nor poor 24% 23% 26% 14% 27% 21% 19% 22% 27%
    Poor 16% 24% 7% 23% 19% 16% 19% 18% 16%
    Very poor 26% 41% 5% 53% 34% 26% 24% 21% 26%
    Don’t know 7% 4% 5% 6% 5% 8% 13% 8% 7%

    26% (down 2% since February) of respondents rate Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government handling of relations with Indonesia as good. 42% (no change) rate them as poor.

    58% of Liberal/National voters rate the Government’s performance as “good” – compared to 47% in February.

     

  • May, 2015

    Action against Indonesia

    Q.Because Indonesia rejected Australia’s calls for clemency for the Bali nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, would you approve or disapprove of Australia responding by taking some form of action – such as suspending co-operation with Indonesia in certain areas?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Men Women Aged 18-34 Aged 35-54 Aged 55+
    Total approve 40% 44% 43% 38% 41% 41% 39% 37% 43% 42%
    Total disapprove 42% 41% 42% 44% 44% 43% 41% 43% 38% 48%
    Strongly approve 17% 20% 17% 15% 22% 19% 15% 14% 19% 19%
    Approve 23% 24% 26% 23% 19% 22% 24% 23% 24% 23%
    Disapprove 24% 22% 27% 26% 19% 22% 26% 26% 21% 27%
    Strongly disapprove 18% 19% 15% 18% 25% 21% 15% 17% 17% 21%
    Don’t know 17% 14% 14% 19% 14% 16% 19% 20% 19% 10%

    40% approve of taking some form of action against Indonesia over the executions of the Bali drug smugglers and 42% disapprove.

    Most voter and demographic groups were relatively evenly split on this question. Those aged 55+ were a little more likely to disapprove.

  • Oct, 2014

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    Relations with Indonesia

    Q. How would you rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

     

    Nov 2013

    May 2014

    Total good

    32%

    8%

    71%

    7%

    17%

    29%

    25%

    Total poor

    39%

    63%

    8%

    70%

    48%

    42%

    43%

    Very good

    12%

    1%

    31%

    *

    3%

    11%

    8%

    Good

    20%

    7%

    40%

    7%

    14%

    18%

    17%

    Neither good nor poor

    22%

    23%

    18%

    14%

    29%

    21%

    19%

    Poor

    18%

    28%

    6%

    26%

    19%

    16%

    19%

    Very poor

    21%

    35%

    2%

    44%

    29%

    26%

    24%

    Don’t know

    8%

    6%

    4%

    9%

    6%

    8%

    13%

    32% of respondents would rate Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government handling of relations with Indonesia as good. 39% would rate them as poor. This represents an improvement since May of 11 points from net -18 to net -7.

  • Nov, 2013

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    Spying on Indonesia

    Q. It has recently been revealed that Australian agencies have been secretly monitoring communications from Indonesian leaders.

    Do you support or oppose Australia’s secret collecting of this information?

     

     Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total support

    39%

    28%

    58%

    13%

    28%

    Total oppose

    23%

    32%

    12%

    37%

    34%

    Strongly support

    15%

    8%

    27%

    10%

    Support

    24%

    20%

    31%

    13%

    18%

    Neither support nor oppose

    28%

    32%

    23%

    38%

    33%

    Oppose

    12%

    15%

    6%

    25%

    21%

    Strongly oppose

    11%

    17%

    6%

    12%

    13%

    Don’t know

    9%

    8%

    6%

    12%

    5%

    39% support Australia’s secret monitoring of communications from Indonesian leaders and 23% oppose. 28% neither support nor oppose. There was strong support from Liberal/National voters (58%) while Labor voters were split 28% support/32% oppose.

    A somewhat similar question asked in October about the United States monitoring telephone and internet communications in the US and other countries produced a result of 24% support/45% oppose.

  • Nov, 2013

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    Handling relations with Indonesia

    Q. How would you rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia?

     

     Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total good

    29%

    7%

    58%

    3%

    12%

    Total poor

    42%

    71%

    11%

    73%

    53%

    Very good

    11%

    1%

    25%

    2%

    1%

    Good

    18%

    6%

    33%

    1%

    11%

    Neither good nor poor

    21%

    18%

    24%

    16%

    23%

    Poor

    16%

    22%

    7%

    22%

    29%

    Very poor

    26%

    49%

    4%

    51%

    24%

    Don’t know

    8%

    4%

    6%

    8%

    12%

    29% rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia as good and 42% think it has been poor.

    71% of Labor voters and 73% of Greens voters think it has been poor while 58% of Liberal/National voters think it has been good.

  • Oct, 2012

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    Importance of relationships with other countries

    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 11  

    Very Important 14 Nov 11  

    Change

    United States

    55%

    36%

    5%

    3%

    60%

    55%

    New Zealand

    54%

    36%

    7%

    3%

    69%

    61%

    -7

    United Kingdom

    47%

    44%

    6%

    3%

    56%

    47%

    China

    45%

    44%

    6%

    4%

    48%

    48%

    -3

    Indonesia

    33%

    43%

    18%

    5%

    31%

    27%

    +6

    Japan

    31%

    52%

    12%

    5%

    39%

    32%

    -1

    India

    26%

    45%

    22%

    6%

    26%

    23%

    +3

    Germany

    20%

    44%

    29%

    7%

    23%

    18%

    +2

    South Africa

    14%

    35%

    43%

    8%

    16%

    12%

    +2

    More than half the respondents think it is very important to have close relationships with the New Zealand (54%) and the United States (55%) and just under half think it is very important to have a close relationship with the China (45%) and the United Kingdom (47%).

    A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 60% of Liberal/National voters, 60% of Labor voters and 43% of Greens voters.

    Since this question was asked last November, there have been decreases in the rating of the importance of relations with New Zealand (-7%) and an increase in the rating of the importance of relations with Indonesia (+6%).

  • Oct, 2012

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    Change in relationships with other countries

    Q. Would you like to see Australia’s relationship with these countries get closer, stay the same or become less close?

     

    Get closer

    Stay the same

    Become less close

    Don’t know

     

    Get closer

    28 Mar 11

    Get closer

    14 Nov 11

    Change

    China

    29%

    50%

    9%

    12%

    32%

    35%

    -6

    New Zealand

    26%

    59%

    4%

    11%

    37%

    33%

    -7

    Indonesia

    25%

    47%

    16%

    12%

    21%

    23%

    +2

    India

    24%

    47%

    15%

    14%

    19%

    23%

    +1

    Japan

    22%

    59%

    7%

    13%

    26%

    24%

    -2

    United Kingdom

    21%

    62%

    6%

    10%

    25%

    19%

    +2

    United States

    21%

    59%

    10%

    10%

    24%

    18%

    +3

    Germany

    18%

    59%

    7%

    16%

    18%

    20%

    -2

    South Africa

    12%

    57%

    14%

    16%

    13%

    14%

    -2

    29% favour closer relations with China, 26% with New Zealand, 25% with Indonesia and 24% with India.

    Liberal/National voters are more likely to favour closer relationships with United States (25%).

    Greens voters are more likely to favour closer relationships with Indonesia (34%), Japan (34%) and India (44%),

    Since this question was asked last year, the percentages wanting a closer relationship with the China (-7%) and the New Zealand (-6%) have declined.

  • Mar, 2011

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    Importance of Relationships with Other Countries

    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 15 Nov Change
    New Zealand 69% 24% 4% 3% 54% +15
    United States 60% 33% 5% 2% 56% +4
    United Kingdom 56% 35% 6% 3% 44% +12
    China 48% 42% 6% 4% 45% +3
    Japan 39% 47% 9% 4% 30% +9
    Indonesia 31% 43% 20% 6% 30% +1
    India 26% 42% 26% 5% 24% +2
    Germany 23% 42% 29% 6% 15% +8
    South Africa 16% 36% 39% 8% 12% +4

    More than half the respondents think it is very important to have close relationships with the New Zealand (69%), United States (60%) and the United Kingdom (56%) and just under half think it is very important to have a close relationship with China (48%).

    A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 70% of Liberal/National voters and 57% of Labor voters and 48% of Greens voters.

    Since this question was asked in November, there have been substantial increases in the rating of the importance of relations with New Zealand (+15%), United Kingdom (+12%) and Japan (+9%).

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