climate change, economic instability, Threat of terrorism, threats to Australia
Q. Which of the following international issues represents the biggest threat to Australia? And which is the second biggest threat?
| Total | Biggest threat | Second biggest threat | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Global economic instability | 55% | 25% | 30% | 51% | 58% | 59% | 55% | |
| Terrorism | 47% | 26% | 21% | 48% | 54% | 21% | 46% | |
| Climate change | 38% | 22% | 16% | 47% | 18% | 72% | 31% | |
| Chinese economic slowdown | 36% | 20% | 16% | 31% | 44% | 27% | 36% | |
| Fighting in the Middle East | 12% | 3% | 9% | 10% | 13% | 9% | 15% | |
| Tensions between China and its neighbours | 9% | 4% | 5% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 13% | |
| Tensions between Russia and its neighbours | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
55% think that global economic instability is one of the two biggest threats to Australia and 47% nominated terrorism as one of the biggest threats.
38% think climate change is one of the two biggest threats and 36% nominated the Chinese economic slowdown.
Labor voters think global economic instability, terrorism and climate change represent similar levels of threat while Liberal/National voters were more likely to think the Chinese economic slowdown was a threat. Only 18% of Liberal/National voters thought climate change was one of the two biggest threats to Australia.