Question time in federal parliament
WHAT WE LEARNED
- MPs paid tribute to the late Tim Fischer, former Nationals leader and deputy prime minister.
- There are more than 100 bushfires active in Queensland and NSW.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN
- The government is focused on growing the economy.
WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
- The government has presided over the worst economic growth since the global financial crisis.
WHAT THEY SAID
"While wedges are handy, drivers are what you need to get going." - Labor leader Anthony Albanese gives the PM some golfing and economic advice.
"The Labor party left economic wreckage in their wake when they left the treasury benches." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
"Why has the prime minister ignored seven calls from the Reserve Bank governor since the election to increase infrastructure spending?" - Labor frontbencher Catherine King.
"I know those opposite, if they had the opportunity, would be spending, spending, spending, if they had won the election - only because they would have been taxing, taxing, taxing." - Morrison in reply.
