Question time in federal parliament

WHAT WE LEARNED

* Australia's emissions per person are the lowest in 29 years, but overall emissions are rising.

* 73 people have been convicted of terrorism-related offences in Australia since 2001.

* For the second time in two days, government MPs have failed to get to their feet in time to receive the call from the Speaker to ask a question.

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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

The government is on the side of those who want to see Australia strengthened.

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WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

Why are Australia's total carbon emissions rising?

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WHAT THEY SAID

"It's like reading yesterday's Hansard every day." - Speaker Tony Smith gets frustrated just one minute into Question Time.

"Are Australia's annual carbon emissions higher or lower today than they were when the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government took office?" - Labor leader Anthony Albanese.

"We are meeting our emissions reductions targets, not just meeting them, but we are smashing them when it comes to the Kyoto 2020 targets." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

"It's true that year-to-year they bump up and down." - Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor.

"We're not focused on the fuel source, we are focused on the outcome." - Taylor, asked by Labor about a potential nuclear power station in NSW or Queensland.