{"title":"Foreign military based in Australia","question":"
Are you personally in favour or against Australia allowing the United States to base military forces here in Australia?
","summary":"Are you personally in favour or against Australia allowing the United States to base military forces here in Australia?","observation":"In 2011, former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former US President Barack Obama announced the rotation of US marines through Darwin, a deployment that has continued and expanded since then.
\nIn April 2023, as part of the AUKUS submarine decision, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden announced that one UK and up to four US nuclear-powered submarines would rotate through the HMAS Stirling naval base in Western Australia.
\nThis year, over half of Australians (57%) say they are either ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ in favour of allowing the United States to base military forces in Australia, down six points from 2022 (63%).
","notes":["In 2022, respondents were also asked if they were in favour or against Australia allowing the UK to base military forces in Australia."],"tweet":"","tags":[{"title":"United States","url":"tags/united-states","color":"#3B9BDA"},{"title":"Military","url":"tags/military","color":"#F26F71"},{"title":"AUKUS","url":"tags/aukus","color":"#6c6dd1"},{"title":"ANZUS","url":"tags/anzus"},{"title":"Alliances","url":"tags/alliances","color":"#3B9BDA"},{"title":"United Kingdom","url":"tags/united-kingdom","color":"#3B81D8"},{"title":"Foreign bases","url":"tags/foreign-bases"},{"title":"New submarines","url":"tags/new-submarines","color":"#0C3A51"}],"themes":[{"title":"Security and defence","url":"themes/security-and-defence"},{"title":"United States","url":"themes/united-states"},{"title":"Relations in the Indo-Pacific","url":"themes/relations-in-the-indo-pacific"}],"catColors":[],"resColors":[8,7,4,1,5],"tooltip":{"phrase":"In {{year}}, {{value}}% {{split}} {{response}} {{category}} 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