Question time in federal parliament

QUESTION TIME IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

WHAT WE LEARNED

* The same-sex marriage postal ballot will include protections against mail tampering; make it an offence to provide false or misleading statements or interfering with the collection of statistics or obstructing an official. But Electoral Act provisions won't apply, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed.

* The government has cancelled a record number of visas - 540 - held by non-citizens, including 147 for members of outlawed bikie gangs, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton told MPs.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

If you are a trade union or one of its officials you should not be taking benefits from employers.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

Why can't the prime minister lead his government instead of being humiliated by the right wing of his party?

THEY SAID WHAT

"We won't wait long before they'll be back to the cart, horse and donkeys." - Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce takes a shot at the South Australian Labor government's decision to use diesel generators to back up electricity supply.

TWEETED

@AdamBandtMP: Minister for ABS just belled cat about #equalmarriage calling it not plebiscite but "postal survey". Now Pyne trying to gag own Minister #qt