WHAT WE LEARNED
* Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is still on personal leave.
* The government will consider extra road funding for South Australia once the budget returns to surplus in 2019.
* 'Big stick' laws to crack down on electricity industry misconduct will be introduced to parliament this week.
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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN
Voters will have a choice between a stronger economy and lower taxes, or a weaker economy with higher taxes under Labor.
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WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
Why won't the prime minister implement the National Energy Guarantee.
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WHAT THEY SAID
"It had strong support, and none stronger, than that of the current prime minister and current treasurer." - Opposition Leader Bill Shorten quotes Malcolm Turnbull on National Energy Guarantee.
"They might like to dress up their 45 per cent emissions reduction target as a National Energy Guarantee, but what it is a ... thumping big electricity tax." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
"We have smashed Kyoto 1, was have smashed Kyoto 2 and we will meet our 2030 target." - Morrison on emissions cuts.
"Given the prime minister has already turned his big stick into a toothpick, will he now abandon his discredited divestment laws which even his own members do not support," - Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen.
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TWEETED
@SwannyQLD If the coalition manages to deliver a surplus somewhere in the next 12 months it's not coming from expenditure control. It is from an increase in revenue which had been suppressed during the GFC
