Lowy Institute Poll 2019

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Australia’s global relations

The Lowy Institute Poll has included numerous questions on Australia’s relationships with a range of countries, global organisations and global leaders.

2017: Best friend in the world

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In your personal opinion, which one of the following countries is Australia’s best friend?

  1. 0%
  2. 20%
  3. 40%
  4. 60%
New Zealand
53
32
United States
17
35
United Kingdom or UK
17
17
China
8
9
None/don’t know
2
5
Japan
2
Indonesia

2016: Best friend in Asia

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In your personal opinion, which one of the following countries is Australia’s best friend in Asia?

  1. 0%
  2. 10%
  3. 20%
  4. 30%
  5. 40%
China
30
31
Japan
25
28
Indonesia
15
9
Singapore
12
12
India
6
5
South Korea
4
5

2016: Australian PMs and foreign policy

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In your personal view, has each of the following Prime Ministers done a very good job, a reasonable job or a poor job in handling Australia’s foreign policy?

  1. 60%
  2. 40%
  3. 20%
  4. 0%
  5. 20%
  6. 40%
  7. 60%
  8. 80%
  9. 100%
John Howard
14
40
42
Kevin Rudd
29
17
52
Malcolm Turnbull
11
21
11
57
Bob Hawke
24
8
24
44
Paul Keating
19
15
21
45
Julia Gillard
5
37
11
47
Tony Abbott
52
10
36

2016: Kevin Rudd and UNSG

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In your personal view, would Kevin Rudd be a good Secretary-General of the UN, or not?

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2015: World leaders

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For each of the following world leaders, please say whether you personally admire them a lot, admire them a little or you don’t admire them.

  1. 80%
  2. 60%
  3. 40%
  4. 20%
  5. 0%
  6. 20%
  7. 40%
  8. 60%
  9. 80%
Barack Obama
2015
13
38
48
2014
12
38
49
Hillary Clinton
2015
19
40
37
2014
16
40
41
Pope Francis
2015
8
17
35
38
Angela Merkel
2015
40
10
20
27
2014
12
22
22
Joko Widoko (Jokowi)
2015
42
29
22
Peter O’Neill
2015
61
12
20
Xi Jinping
2015
53
19
20
2014
19
15
Vladimir Putin
2015
8
67
19
Shinzo Abe
2015
59
16
18
Narendra Modi
2015
66
11
16
Tony Abbott
2014
45
32
22
Helen Clark
2014
38
14
35
13
Bill Shorten
2014
19
36
40
6
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
2014
35
28
29
8
Aung San Suu Kyi
2014
50
13
9
27
Ban Ki Moon
2014
46
20
20
14

2013: Is it possible for Australia to have a good relationship with China and the United States at the same time?

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Now about Australia’s relationships with China and the United States. Do you think it is possible or not possible for Australia to have a good relationship with China and a good relationship with the United States at the same time?

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Australia’s global relations