I don’t think so/I hope not. As someone already pointed out he’s a fascist - and wants to be an Aus Trump. People here, mostly, don’t want that. So by appealing to Australians he looks better. And also said basically ‘Trump is stoopid & these tariffs are dumb’. So win-win.

god i hope not. he wants to ban protesting. he’s a textbook fascist :/

I don’t know. By asking Australians to make up their own mind about what they purchase over trying to bring tariffs in retaliation hopefully it will draw less ire from the the US.

Plus most staple goods are primarily Aussie made and manufactured (bread, milk etc.). So asking to think about Aussie produced products it won’t massively increase the cost of living (hopefully).