WHAT WE LEARNED
* Australia voted no to Palestine chairing the Group of 77 developing nations, but this did not stop it from winning the vote 146-3 (US, Australia and Israel).
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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN
The government has a clear purpose - pursuing prosperity and a 'fair go' agenda.
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WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
The government can't claim to be stable when it has dumped a sitting prime minister and is making policy on the run.
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WHAT THEY SAID
"The leader of the opposition really needs to grow up." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
"It had the diversity of a food court." - Speaker Tony Smith on the wording of a Labor question.
"Why are you slowly killing these children?" - Greens MP Adam Bandt asking the prime minister about children on Nauru.
"Regional Australians deserve better than to hear the 'inside Canberra' questions being asked of the government." - Nationals leader Michael McCormack.
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TWEETED
@TimWattsMP Ironically, Barnaby is the only member on the Coalition benches listening to McCormack in #qt
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