Question time in federal parliament

What we learned, heard and were amused by in question time on Tuesday.

Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time in

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wasn't taking a backseat during Question Time. (AAP)

QUESTION TIME IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT:

WHAT WE LEARNED

* 292 people have now been taken off Manus Island and Nauru to be resettled in the United States.

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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

Tax cuts give people incentive to get ahead and aspire to greater things.

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WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

Why the government won't support Labor's fairer income tax cuts

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THEY SAID WHAT

"This privileged elite opposite, they want to keep the workers in their place." - Malcolm Turnbull on Labor.

"How was it fair that under this arrogant and out of touch PM a property developer in Arncliffe earning $1 million will get a tax cut of over $7000 a year, while a worker in a charcoal chicken shop in the same suburb will only get a tax cut of $10." - Labor's Jenny Macklin.

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TWEETED

@terrimbutler The PM criticises Labor MPs for not having enough blue-collar experience & being, as he said, "educated", and simultaneously claims we don't understand aspiration. #qt


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