Question time in federal parliament

WHAT WE LEARNED

* Despite repeated questioning from Labor, we're no wiser about what Treasurer Scott Morrison meant when he referred to the "excesses of negative gearing".

* The $46 billion national broadband network rollout is meeting its targets, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull - a former communications minister - insisted, despite a leaked internal report suggesting otherwise.

* Law enforcement agencies were doing "a magnificent job" in finding the people who peddle in ice misery, Justice Minister Michael Keenan told MPs.

* There has been a 21,500 increase in the number of small businesses. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer claimed credit for the government.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

Malcolm Turnbull, in what sounded like an election campaign opener, insisted the road to the new economy - as distinct from the one propped up by the mining boom - was an exciting one. "But we have to make sure we take the right decisions to stay on track," he said. Like re-electing him prime minister.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

Who's running the joint, amid talk the PM and his treasurer have fallen out over who's in control of tax policy development.

YOU SAID WHAT?

"They think the mum and dad investors of this country are the problem. On this side of the house we know they're the answer. Those opposite just want to tax them silly," Treasurer Scott Morrison takes Labor to task over tax policy.

TWEETED

"Senate Leader George Brandis says the govt's position on negative gearing is perfectly clear. He just doesn't know what it is," Opposition Senate leader Penny Wong.