The entities funding the Liberal and National parties are content with the split. Running a party is expensive, and the Nationals especially will suffer without the shadow ministry and staffing topups. The policies they are insisting are essential must also be what their funders want to keep.

Interesting that you think that laws still work in the USA. Clearly, laws are optional for the powerful and rich. The Supreme Court ruled the President does not need to obey any law.

The purpose of these is to increase consumption taxes paid by everyone, so that income taxes for the rich can be reduced. Import substitution is mainly a smokescreen.

Eg, Canadian "conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was in B.C., where he pitched life sentences for fentanyl traffickers and gunrunners."
Really, fentanyl? As an election issue? How long before the Australian conservatives raise this too, I wonder?
#auspol

And its a pure coincidence that this announcement happened while Pres Trump is addressing the US Congress, I'm sure...

Rule of thumb: Never take medical advice from actors.