Australian attitudes towards Indonesia Report May 2013 130331 Newspoll contact Client contact Christine Chalmers Alison Purnell David Bruce Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 02 6249 8706 [email protected] Australian Attitudes Towards Indonesia Survey Report Contents 1. Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Executive summary........................................................................................................................... 3 2.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2.2. Knowledge and understanding of Indonesia .......................................................................................... 3 2.3. Perceptions of Indonesia ........................................................................................................................ 4 2.4. Perceptions of bilateral relationship ..................................................................................................... 10 2.5. Policy issues ......................................................................................................................................... 11 2.6. Prioritisation of bilateral relationship .................................................................................................... 13 2.7. Demographic analyses ......................................................................................................................... 16 3. Background to the research ........................................................................................................... 18 3.1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 19 3.2. Methodology ......................................................................................................................................... 19 4. Detailed findings ............................................................................................................................. 21 4.1. Knowledge and understanding ............................................................................................................. 21 4.1.1. Indonesia knowledge self-rating ............................................................................................. 21 4.1.2. Awareness of Indonesian facts............................................................................................... 23 4.1.3. Exposure to Indonesia............................................................................................................. 30 4.2. Perceptions of Indonesia ...................................................................................................................... 35 4.2.1. Top of mind perceptions ......................................................................................................... 35 4.2.2. Favourability ............................................................................................................................ 37 4.2.3. Trust ......................................................................................................................................... 41 4.2.4. Perceptions .............................................................................................................................. 43 4.2.5. Segmentation .......................................................................................................................... 55 4.2.6. Beliefs about Indonesian perceptions of Australia ............................................................... 58 4.3. Perceptions of Indonesia / Australia bilateral relationship ................................................................... 60 4.4. Policy issues and preferences .............................................................................................................. 69 4.4.1. Policy concerns ........................................................................................................................ 69 4.4.2. Perceived change .................................................................................................................... 70 4.4.3. Perceived action on policy issues ........................................................................................... 71 Terrorism ......................................................................................................................... 71 People smuggling ............................................................................................................ 75 Treatment of livestock .................................................................................................... 79 Indonesian justice ........................................................................................................... 81 4.4.4. Policy views summary ............................................................................................................. 83 4.5. Prioritisation of bilateral relationship .................................................................................................... 84 Australian Attitudes Towards Indonesia Survey Report Index of figures Figure 1: Percentage of Australians with correct knowledge of Indonesian facts ..................................................... 4 Figure 2: Thermometer rating of Indonesia .................................................................................................................. 5 Figure 3: Trust in Indonesia / Australia (Lowy Institute) .............................................................................................. 6 Figure 4: Perceptions of Indonesia ............................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 5: Perceptions of Indonesia index ..................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 6: Segmentation ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 7: Improvement / deterioration in Australia – Indonesia relationship ......................................................... 10 Figure 8: Concern about policy issues ....................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 9: Countries most important to Australian national interest (mentioned in top five) .................................. 13 Figure 10: Importance of building close relations between Indonesia and Australia (Lowy Institute) .................. 14 Figure 11: Australia – Indonesia links index ............................................................................................................. 15 Figure 12: Self-rating of knowledge on Indonesia by demographics ....................................................................... 22 Figure 13: Awareness of Bali as part of Indonesia by demographics ...................................................................... 24 Figure 14: Awareness of poverty levels in Indonesia by demographics .................................................................. 25 Figure 15: Knowledge of facts about Indonesia ....................................................................................................... 26 Figure 16: Percentage of Australians with correct knowledge of Indonesian facts ................................................ 27 Figure 17: Knowledge of Indonesian facts index ...................................................................................................... 28 Figure 18: Knowledge of Indonesian facts index by demographics ........................................................................ 29 Figure 19: Reported incidence of travel to Indonesia by demographics ................................................................. 31 Figure 20: Likelihood of travelling to Indonesia in next 10 years by demographics ............................................... 33 Figure 21: Incidence of Indonesian language study by demographics ................................................................... 34 Figure 22: Top of mind perceptions of Indonesia ..................................................................................................... 35 Figure 23: Top of mind perceptions of Indonesian (negative or positive) ............................................................... 36 Figure 24: Thermometer rating of Indonesia ............................................................................................................ 37 Figure 25: Thermometer rating of Indonesia by demographics ............................................................................... 38 Figure 26: Reason for thermometer rating of Indonesia .......................................................................................... 39 Figure 27: Reason for thermometer rating of Indonesia .......................................................................................... 40 Figure 28: Trust in Indonesia / Australia (Lowy Institute) ........................................................................................ 41 Figure 29: Trust in Indonesia by demographics .......................................................................................................