Question time in federal parliament

QUESTION TIME IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

WHAT WE LEARNED

* It's 1053 days since there was a successful people smuggling venture to Australia and 300 days since Labor asked a question about stopping the boats, Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton reminded opposition MPs.

* Class action specialists Slater & Gordon will pocket $20 million of taxpayer money after the law firm and the government settled a claim by 1905 detainees on Manus Island, Dutton revealed.

* The foreign minister insisted she knows nothing, nor even heard about, the Julie Bishop Glorious Foundation set up by Chinese businesswoman Sally Zou - a major donor to the Liberals in South Australia.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

We have devised a system to fund the national disability insurance scheme that sector advocates agree is fair because it asks every Australian paying the Medicare levy to pay according to ability.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

Will the prime minister now commit to work with Labor in the national interest to end the policy paralysis which has led to high electricity prices and instability in the energy market?

THEY SAID WHAT

"There are so many positions here, it's more like Bikram yoga." - Social Services Minister Christian Porter describes Labor stances on government welfare savings measures.

TWEETED

@TimHammond1: Punted from #QT for simply suggesting we might not have an energy crisis if we could harness the hot air coming from this PM.