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In 2022, 43% said focusing on Australia’s region, including Asia and the Pacific.

Question Australia’s foreign policy priorities

Which of the following should be the highest priority for the federal government’s foreign policy?

This question was asked in 2022.

  1. 0%
  2. 25%
  3. 50%
Focusing on Australia’s region, including Asia and the Pacific
43
Focusing on global cooperation through multilateral institutions, including the United Nations
33
Focusing on cooperation with Western countries and traditional partners, including the United States
20
Don’t know
4

This question was fielded in a separate Lowy Institute nationwide poll in April 2022: see 2022 Methodology for more information.

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2022 observation

The public hold mixed views on the question of which partners, regions and forums should be the highest priority for Australia’s foreign policy. Four in ten Australians (43%) say that ‘focusing on Australia’s region, including Asia and the Pacific’ should be the highest priority for the federal government’s foreign policy. A third (33%) prioritise a globalist approach, saying that the government’s highest priority should be ‘focusing on global cooperation through multilateral institutions, including the United Nations’. Only one in five (20%) say Australia’s focus should be on ‘cooperation with Western countries and traditional partners, including the United States’.

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