Question time in federal parliament

WHAT WE LEARNED

- MPs paid tribute to the late Tim Fischer, former Nationals leader and deputy prime minister.

- There are more than 100 bushfires active in Queensland and NSW.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

- The government is focused on growing the economy.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

- The government has presided over the worst economic growth since the global financial crisis.

WHAT THEY SAID

"While wedges are handy, drivers are what you need to get going." - Labor leader Anthony Albanese gives the PM some golfing and economic advice.

"The Labor party left economic wreckage in their wake when they left the treasury benches." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

"Why has the prime minister ignored seven calls from the Reserve Bank governor since the election to increase infrastructure spending?" - Labor frontbencher Catherine King.

"I know those opposite, if they had the opportunity, would be spending, spending, spending, if they had won the election - only because they would have been taxing, taxing, taxing." - Morrison in reply.