Stupidly, the Coalition then use a question on whether or not the government will apologise for its energy policies. Which, look – there is obviously a lot governments should apologise for. And while it can be doing more on energy (a lot more – and the ACTU seem to be thinking the same thing given its recent campaigns) Tomago is not the result of Labor’s policies.

The Coalition, like all oppositions, is relying on these questions getting traction in the media, but not the answers, or the context. It’s lazy and dumb and does nothing to help the debate.

So what did we learn in that session?

The Coalition worked out that the CFMEU attacks were probably not nation grabbing so how lucky (again DEIDRE CHAMBERS) that there was a story on energy price predictions from before the election (which were mostly public) in the newspapers today. Of higher importance was the Tomago news, which is not new, but does show the pressure on the manufacturing industry in this country, which is not at all aided by the largely free-ride gas companies have received in this country.

The Coalition are smart enough to recognise that, but not to follow it through to a conclusion that would actually put the government under pressure – because, apart from the brief foray into gas policy (which included reserves and potential future taxes) under Peter Dutton, it has largely folded on the issue of gas. Which means it attacks Labor on renewables, which is not the problem, allowing Labor to just turn it back on the Coalition and its poor record on climate.