Just 12% of Australians trust China to act responsibly in world affairs, according to the latest annual Lowy Institute poll of public sentiment on international relations.last year’s Lowy Institute pollThe full results of the 2022 poll are due to be released next week but the executive director of the Lowy Institute,, will provide some key findings when he addresses the National Press Club in Canberra today.
In the latest poll, 53% of respondents said they felt “very safe” or “safe” – a 17-point fall from last year, and 39 points lower than the result in 2010Meanwhile, 87% of respondents said they saw the alliance between the US and Australia as “very” or “fairly important” to Australia’s security, a nine-point increase from last year., and his ministers have “shown energy, purpose and dispatch in the manner in which they have carried out their international responsibilities” over the past month.