QUESTION TIME IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT
WHAT WE LEARNT
* The government will consider three measures Labor has proposed to foreign worker laws in return for supporting passage of the China free trade deal through parliament. But Trade Minister Andrew Robb says changes to the FTA that discriminate against the Chinese won't be tolerated.
* Australian wine is very popular in Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership will help increase exports currently worth just $170 million a year, according to Mr Robb.
* Treasurer Scott Morrison couldn't say by how much revenue has fallen between the 2014 and 2015 budgets. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen informed him it was $52 billion.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN
The importance of free trade to ensuring a vibrant economic future for Australia. Cue Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: "The future of our country, the destiny of our country lies in us being a successful trading nation."
WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
Its safeguards for Australian jobs under the China free-trade deal; how much Scott Morrison knows or doesn't yet know about the budget and the economy; what the government plans for penalty rates.
THEY SAID WHAT
"If the treasurer doesn't know he should sit down," deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek chides Morrison over a question about living standards.
"It's incredible, any more questions like this and we'll be here for another five minutes," Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce rebukes his opposite number Joel Fitzgibbon.
WHAT THE MICROPHONES DIDN'T PICK UP:
"That's a first," Labor MP Ed Husic when the Speaker notes deputy PM Warren Truss had finished his answer.
"You can't phone a friend," Husic chiding Morrison and pointing to his predecessor Joe Hockey, as the treasurer struggles with an answer about the budget.
"Do you have one of those laser sticks?" Labor's Michael Danby after Christopher Pyne notes the government has a "laser-like focus on jobs".
"Not in Malaysia, Barnaby," Labor's Graham Perrett informs the agriculture minister for saying pork is the most consumed meat in the world.
WHAT THEY TWEETED:
"I hope the Year 12 HSC economics students did not see Morrison's answer on the budget. They would fail if they wrote that in their exam," Stephen Koukoulas.
"Not stumps yet, but has there ever been an all female 94a," Graham Perrett says of the Speaker's decision to boot Tanya Plibersek and Terri Butler from the chamber.
