WHAT WE LEARNED
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- Energy Minister Angus Taylor is the grandson of Sir William Hudson, the commissioner and chief engineer of the Snowy Hydro scheme.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN
- The government's budget management enables it to cut taxes and deal with shocks like natural disasters.
WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
- Why are we seeing the worst wage growth on record.
WHAT THEY SAID
"They had to tax the Australian people with a flood levy because they weren't able to manage the finances of the Australian government." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison criticising Labor's handling of natural disasters.
"My point of order is on decency - we should not politicise natural disasters." - Labor leader Anthony Albanese.
"The reason we have foreign interference laws in Australia is because of former senator Dastyari." - Morrison.
Australian Associated Press