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The annual Lowy Institute Poll is one of the Lowy Institute’s flagship publications. It is the leading tracking survey on Australian foreign policy, providing a reliable vehicle for understanding Australian attitudes towards a wide range of foreign policy issues, while being independent and methodologically rigorous.
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Polling
2025 Lowy Institute Poll — Preview
Trust in the United States drops to a new low, Australians’ confidence in political leaders’ foreign policy abilities.

Polling
2024 US Election Mini-Poll
Australians’ support for Republican US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has declined substantially since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the…

Lowy Institute Poll: The world according to Australians
In 2024, Australians are wary towards China, and worried about the United States. They are divided on immigration, but united on the value of cultural diversity. Threat…

Interactives
Lowy Institute Poll 2024
20th edition of the Lowy Institute Poll - the longest-running and broadest survey of how Australians see the world.

Pragmatism rules the public outlook on Australia-China relations
Australia’s China debate over the last couple of years has ranged from the apocalyptic consequences of war to cautious optimism after Beijing lifted many of its trade barriers…

Podcasts
Lowy Institute Conversations: Michelle Grattan and Katharine Murphy on Australian foreign policy from the Canberra Press Gallery
In this episode of Conversations, Natasha Kassam talks with Michelle Grattan and Katharine Murphy about China, climate policy and COVID-19, and what to expect from…

US-Australia alliance a friendship, not a love affair
At first glance, the 2021 Lowy Institute Poll, released today, tells a positive story about how Australians view a post-Donald Trump America: trust in the United States to behave…

Commentary
Is our love affair with America over?
Most Australians would greet a Biden victory with relief. But that may not be enough to remedy the fear that the United States has changed for the worse. Originally published in…

Polling
Lowy Institute Poll 2020
The 2020 Lowy Institute Poll, conducted as the COVID-19 crisis was unfolding across the globe, reveals unprecedented changes in Australian attitudes to the world around us,…
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The Guardian
10 June 2025
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8 May 2025
The Conversation
6 May 2025
ABC News
30 April 2025
The Conversation
30 April 2025
The Sydney Morning Herald
30 April 2025
The Wall Street Journal
28 April 2025