FINDINGS OF THE 2015 LOWY INSTITUTE POLL
* 63 per cent of Australian residents are optimistic overall about the nation's economic performance in the world over the next five years.
* 24 per cent feel very safe.
* Terrorism-related threats rank first, second and third among potential security risks.
* 69 per cent support participation in military action against Islamic State in Iraq.
* 20 per cent see military conflict between the United States and China as a high risk.
* 50 per cent see global warming as a serious and pressing problem warranting action even at significant cost.
* 43 per cent think solar energy will be our primary source of electricity 10 years from now.
* 39 per cent think China will become a military threat to Australia in the next 20 years.
* 70 per cent say the government allows too much investment in Australian residential real estate from China.
* Abbott government policy scores: 5.9/10 for handling terrorism threat, 4.9/10 for handling asylum seeker arrivals, 4.9/10 for managing the economy and 4/10 for managing climate change.
* Feelings towards Indonesia have fallen to their equal lowest point in the past decade on the Lowy Institute feelings thermometer at 46.
* The most admired is US President Barack Obama and the least is Russian leader Vladimir Putin. 42 per cent don't know Indonesian president Joko Widodo.
SOURCE: The 2015 Lowy Institute Poll is based on a telephone survey of 1200 Australian adults between 20 February and 8 March 2015, together with four supplementary polls by Newspoll in February, April and May 2015 each with samples of 1200+ adults).
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