Q. How important is it for Australia to have a close relationship with the following nations?
| Very import-ant | Quite import-ant | Not very import-ant | Don’t know | Very impor-tant
Mar 11 |
Very import-ant
Nov 13 |
Very import-ant
Oct 14 |
Very import-ant
May 15 |
Very import-ant
Jul 16 |
Very import-ant
Mar 17 |
Change | ||
| United States | 50% | 38% | 5% | 6% | 60% | 59% | 53% | 44% | 49% | 47% | +3 | |
| United Kingdom | 47% | 39% | 8% | 6% | 56% | 48% | 48% | 39% | 41% | 47% | – | |
| China | 39% | 44% | 10% | 7% | 48% | 54% | 44% | 39% | 42% | 43% | -4 | |
| Japan | 30% | 49% | 12% | 8% | 39% | 35% | 31% | 31% | 25% | 30% | – | |
| Canada | 24% | 45% | 22% | 10% | na | na | 26% | 24% | 22% | 25% | -1 | |
| Indonesia | 23% | 46% | 21% | 10% | 31% | 40% | 32% | 21% | 26% | 25% | -2 | |
| Germany | 16% | 46% | 26% | 11% | 23% | 20% | 22% | 20% | 19% | 20% | -4 | |
| India | 19% | 45% | 26% | 10% | 26% | 26% | 22% | 22% | 19% | 17% | +2 | |
| Russia | 17% | 39% | 33% | 12% | na | na | 16% | 13% | 17% | 17% | – | |
| Saudi Arabia | 14% | 35% | 36% | 15% | na | na | 17% | 14% | 13% | 13% | +1 |
50% of respondents think it is very important to have a close relationship with the United States and 47% think it is very important to have a close relationship with the United Kingdom and 39% with China. Relations with Russia (17%) and Saudi Arabia (14%) were thought to be the least important.
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 66% of Liberal/National voters, 44% of Labor voters and 37% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked in March last year, the importance of our relationship with the United States has increased 3% and the importance of our relationships with China and Germany declined by 4%.