Question time in federal parliament

QUESTION TIME IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

WHAT WE LEARNED

* Labor leader Bill Shorten has written to the prime minister proposing gun smugglers be jailed for 20 years, instead of the 10 years that now applies and the government's plan for a minimum mandatory sentence of five years.

* In the past 12 months the government has cancelled 1013 visas, including for more than 100 outlawed motorcycle gang members involved in armed robbery, assault, drug offences, fraud, kidnapping and murder, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton informed MPs.

* The earnest Small Business Minister Michael McCormack is no Bruce Billson, the ultra-enthusiastic holder of the office in the Abbott government.

WHAT WE DIDN'T LEARN

* What position the commonwealth will take to a meeting of the nation's police ministers on the importation of the now infamous seven-shot Adler shotgun.

* Which of the defence ministers in cabinet is the more senior: Marise Payne or Christopher Pyne.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

Law-abiding work places, law-abiding unions and employer organisations are vital for our economy. We cannot stand idly by while militant unions continue their thuggery and bully-boy tactics, continue standing over rank-and-file members, of other unions, and contractors.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

Does the prime minister want the import ban on the seven-round Adler shotgun to be permanent or should we just direct the question to the leader of the Nationals?

THEY SAID WHAT

"They call it smugglers cove over there. All he needs is a parrot and he could be a pirate." - PM lampoons opposition MPs, and more specifically shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus, over Labor's refusal to back tough penalties for gun smugglers.

TWEETED

@edhusicMP: "I was going to tweet "Shorter Turnbull..." but the internet is no place for unbelievable claims."