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Canberra Launch: 2024 Lowy Institute Poll - Australian attitudes to the world
Launch: 2024 Lowy Institute Poll — How Australians See the World
How do Australians view the United States as it approaches one of its most consequential elections in modern history? Have two years of diplomatic re-engagement shifted Australian perceptions of China? And where do Australians stand on climate change, renewable energy, and the nuclear debate?
Now in its 20th edition, the Lowy Institute Poll is the longest-running and broadest survey of Australian public opinion on the world — and its findings have shaped public debate on foreign policy for two decades.
At this launch event, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs the Hon Tim Watts MP delivered opening remarks before an expert panel unpacked the results of the 2024 edition and explored what they reveal about how Australians understand their place in a rapidly changing world. The discussion was moderated by International Security Program Director Sam Roggeveen.
About the speakers
The Hon Tim Watts MP is Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Federal Member for Gellibrand, first elected to the House of Representatives in 2013.
Ryan Neelam is Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute, author of the 2024 Lowy Institute Poll, and a former Australian diplomat who served in Hong Kong and at the United Nations in New York.
Michelle Lyons is a Research Fellow in the Lowy Institute's Indo-Pacific Development Centre, specialising in international climate change policy and climate finance. She brings more than a decade of experience from the public service and the Australian National University, and is a recipient of the prestigious Sir Roland Wilson Scholarship.
Sam Roggeveen is Director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program, founding editor of The Interpreter, editor of the Lowy Institute Papers, and author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace. Before joining the Institute, he was a senior analyst at Australia's Office of National Assessments.
Featuring
Ryan Neelam
Ryan Neelam was Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute. He led the flagship annual Lowy Institute Poll, was project director for the Global Diplomacy Index, and wrote about climate diplomacy and multilateral policy.
Tim Watts
Tim Watts is the Special Envoy for Indian Ocean Affairs and the federal Member for Gellibrand in Melbourne’s west.
Michelle Lyons
Michelle Lyons was a Research Fellow (part-time) in the Lowy Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre where she worked on international climate change policy and climate finance.
Sam Roggeveen
Sam Roggeveen is Program Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace (Opens in new window), published by La Trobe University Press in 2023.
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