QUESTION TIME IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT:
WHAT WE LEARNED
* The prime minister spoke to the CEO of Optus after an outcry over its World Cup streaming problems.
* A new commission will meet in coming weeks to look at services and support for children and families in the Northern Territory.
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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN
A stronger economy allows the government to spend more on schools and hospitals.
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WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
Why should a banker from a ritzy Sydney suburb get a tax cut while low-paid hospitality worker loses their penalty rates.
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THEY SAID WHAT
"How is it fair that ... a banker from Point Piper, earning $1 million, will get a tax cut of $7000 a year, while a retail worker in Strahan will only get a cut to penalty rates? Is this not what happens when a former investment banker is running the government?" Labor frontbencher Julie Collins.
"They sound very much like a privileged elite that wants to keep the workers in their place." - Malcolm Turnbull on Labor's stance on personal tax cuts.
"What we must do as we grieve is ensure that we change the hearts of men to respect women." Turnbull on death of Melbourne woman Eurydice Dixon.
"All of this violence is ultimately preventable and we need to tackle the enablers of violence and change the attitudes of men." - Bill Shorten.
"Where's the El Presidente?" Scott Morrison making light of Wayne Swan's elevation to the ALP national presidency.
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TWEETED
@TimWattsMP Strange day - MALCOLM TURNBULL just accused me of being part of a 'privileged elite' #qt
@SwannyQLD Morrison stuffs up again - it was Labor that secured Australia's AAA credit rating from all three agencies. For Morrison to claim credit for it is completely delusional #auspol #qt
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