WHAT WE LEARNED
* Scott Morrison went to school with the inventor of R U OK? Day.
* The US Congress has welcomed Australia setting up a space agency.
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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN
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The coalition's plan to keep the economy strong is guaranteeing essential services.
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WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
Malcolm Turnbull was rolled as Liberal leader because of ambition, Newspoll and opportunity.
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WHAT THEY SAID
"Whose ambition and which Newspolls are the reason Malcolm Turnbull is no longer prime minister?" - Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek.
"I'll tell you what I'm ambitious for - I'm ambitious for the Australian people." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
"Food market (is) shrinking to just Woolworths and Coles resulting in margins between farmgate and housewife soaring from 80 per cent to 300 per cent." - the not-so-politically correct Independent MP Bob Katter.
"How did they get through it? Virtual dolphin therapy?" - Attorney-General Christian Porter on Labor living with uncertainty over MPs with dual citizenship.
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TWEETED
@AmandaRishworth Our new PM - bred, led and fed by the big banks #qt #auspol #authenticity
