- Energy Minister Angus Taylor is the grandson of Sir William Hudson, the commissioner and chief engineer of the Snowy Hydro scheme.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO SPIN

- The government's budget management enables it to cut taxes and deal with shocks like natural disasters.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

- Why are we seeing the worst wage growth on record.

WHAT THEY SAID

"They had to tax the Australian people with a flood levy because they weren't able to manage the finances of the Australian government." - Prime Minister Scott Morrison criticising Labor's handling of natural disasters.

"My point of order is on decency - we should not politicise natural disasters." - Labor leader Anthony Albanese.

"The reason we have foreign interference laws in Australia is because of former senator Dastyari." - Morrison.

Australian Associated Press