Well, we learned, thanks to the member for Mayo, that there is a funding announcement coming for the CSIRO. Michelle Rowland said:

There has been a decision taken by the government through the MYEFO process to provide additional funding for the CSIRO dollar, details of which will be communicated to the public at the appropriate time.

But not much else.

The opposition have no idea how to proceed. It defies logic that they keep hitting Bowen on being a ‘part time minister’ because – a) it doesn’t make sense b) most people don’t know what COP is c) most people think politicians don’t do much work anyway and d) Bowen is very capable of swatting the Coalition away.

You would think a smart tactics team would hit them on energy costs, but in ways that make sense. Over the stalls in the mining-friendly environment laws. The lack of gambling ad regulation, The CSIRO, any topic the crossbench picks up – because that is where their success has been – when it has managed to unite the parliament against the Labor party.

But guess that is hard when you are captured by the same interests