05:49

After question time Joel Fitzgibbon claimed in the lower house there was no costs order against him in the case he has brought seeking the Coalition agreement under freedom of information.



Malcolm Turnbull just tabled the order, and Fitzgibbon offered this explanation:





As I understand it in a technical sense there is a costs order, to the extent to which that’s true I apologise to the house if I misled the house. I wasn’t aware or fully understood that matter. I can explain: there is no agreement between the parties as to costs, there is no dollar figure, and there has been no demand on me for costs. I wasn’t aware a costs order had been made.”

As backdowns go - that was a quick one.





Scott Morrison is enjoying himself immensely. “We take cheques! We do Eftpos!” he shouts across the chamber.