climate change, economic instability, Threat of terrorism, 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.