Biggest threats to the world
Q. Which of the following international issues represents the biggest threat to the world? And which is the second biggest threat?
Total | Biggest threat | Second biggest threat | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
Terrorism | 61% | 43% | 18% | 61% | 71% | 35% | 57% | |
Global economic instability | 51% | 23% | 28% | 50% | 52% | 50% | 54% | |
Climate change | 38% | 21% | 17% | 47% | 21% | 68% | 36% | |
Fighting in the Middle East | 23% | 6% | 17% | 17% | 27% | 21% | 29% | |
Chinese economic slowdown | 12% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 13% | 4% | 12% | |
Tensions between Russia and its neighbours | 8% | 2% | 6% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 9% | |
Tensions between China and its neighbours | 7% | 1% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 14% | 3% |
61% think that terrorism is one of the two biggest threats to the world and 51% nominated global economic instability as one of the biggest threats.
38% think climate change is one of the two biggest threats.
Labor and Liberal/National voters nominated terrorism and global economic instability as the biggest threats while Greens voters were more likely to think climate change was a bigger threat (68%). Only 21% of Liberal/National voters think climate change is one of the two biggest threats.

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