Question Time in federal parliament

WHAT WE LEARNED

- Question Time began with tributes to the late Queensland Labor MP Ben Humphreys.

- More than 1.4 million hectares of NSW and 183,000ha of Queensland has been subjected to bushfires.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

- The government is acting on the findings of the aged care royal commission.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

- Why is the government taking an inadequate approach to aged care

WHAT THEY SAID

"Last week it was reported that an organisation had broken money laundering laws 23 million times. Was it a union or a bank?" - Labor leader Anthony Albanese.

"I think banks should take account of their manifest failures and I think union thugs should also." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

"We know also that this isn't just fire as usual because experts are lining up to tell us that climate change does mean longer and more intense fire seasons." - Albanese.

"There are debates about other issues, and they rightly have a place for debate in this country ... but our focus now and will continue to be those directly affected by the fire on the ground." - Morrison.

"It just doesn't break people's arms ... it breaks their businesses." - Morrison on unions.