Support for cultural diversity has softened among the Australian public. In 2024, the last time the Lowy Institute polled on ...

Confidence in world leaders. Only 21% of Australians say they trust Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world ...

Support for Australia’s acquisition of conventionally armed but nuclear-powered submarines through AUKUS held firm in this ...

In 2021 and 2022, 63% of Australians viewed China more as a security threat than an economic partner — a record high for that ...

While this result is within the margin of error of last year’s Poll (53%), it still represents a seven-point increase from ...

The minority of Australians who say ‘in some circumstances, a non-democratic government can be preferable’ (17%) remained ...

Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war remains deadlocked. The destruction wrought on both ...

More than nine in ten Australians (94%) say Australia should come to New Zealand’s defence. Eight in ten (79%) say Australia ...

Since its first edition in 2005, the Lowy Institute Poll has sought Australians’ views on a range of possible threats to ‘the ...

In 2026, a majority of Australians (53%) say they feel ‘unsafe’ or ‘very unsafe’ in the world, while only 47% say they feel ...

Against this backdrop, six in ten Australians (59%) say they are pessimistic about Australia’s economic performance over the ...

When asked about supply chains, 68% of Australians say they would prefer supply chains to ‘run through countries that are ...