Question time in federal parliament

QUESTION TIME IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

WHAT WE LEARNED

* Since July 2016 MPs have made about 7500 submissions to the immigration minister on behalf of their constituents raising issues about visa, permanent residency and citizenship.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

We're all about making the right choices to support more and better-paid jobs. That is what we need to do if we are not going to be complacent about securing the better days ahead.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

Tomorrow for the first time in Australia's history, gross debt will crash through half a trillion dollars. So how can the government possibly justify giving big business a $65 billion tax cut?

THEY SAID WHAT

"He'd be well advised to stay out of poker games, I think with a face like that." - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says of a bipartisanship offer from Labor leader Bill Shorten.

"If one thing is for certain, the word 'glorious' will never be in the same sentence as the name of the member for Burt." - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says of Labor MP Matt Keogh who quizzed her about the Julie Bishop Glorious Foundation.

TWEETED

@emmahusarmp: If you needed a visual on how #outoftouch this mob running OUR country really are, surely it's a $32,000 frock (worn by Julie Bishop to the Midwinter Ball).