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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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%).
29 October 2012, 291012, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, International relationships, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States
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.
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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%).