There was a practically a spring in the step of Coalition MPs headed in for the week's final House of Representatives Question Time.
Here's what we learned.
COALITION
The opposition has made immigration a central focus of QT this week.
Today, it went to a new level amid revelations a 43-year-old former immigration detainee had been arrested and charged with alleged sexual and stalking offences in Melbourne.
Outside of parliament, authorities confirmed the man was among the NZYQ cohort of detainees released into the community last year after a landmark ruling in the High Court.
Over in the Senate and the Coalition was hammering the government over the case too, with senators Cash (Liberal) and Gallagher (Labor) going toe to toe.
We learned three things:
Firstly, the Coalition is convinced that these cases (for which the government insists it had no control over the detainees release) fuels its argument that Labor is weak on the borders and community safety, a message that the campaign group Advance has been heavily promoting in ads ahead of the Dunkley by-election this weekend.
Secondly, the government is in no mood to offer any further information about the matter.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says as little as possible in QT on these matters and that continued today, where he repeatedly says he won't comment on court proceedings.
Thirdly, the Coalition is on the hunt for Giles to lose his job, with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton calling for his sacking.
PM Anthony Albanese's frontbench has been unchanged since the election (unheard of for as long as many can remember) and the PM wasn't offering any signs that would be changing today.
LABOR
In case you hadn't heard, all Australian workers will get a tax cut come July.
And did you know, the vast majority of workers, in a whole range of industries, will be getting a higher tax cut than they would have under the former Coalition government's stage 3 tax cuts.
Like the Coalition with immigration, Labor has been like a dog with a bone seeking to remind anyone who will listen about its tax cut plan.
This is the issue that the government wants in the forefront of minds of Dunkley voters this weekend.
Labor started the by-election quietly confident the tax cut change would help its political fortunes in the outer suburban Melbourne coastal electorate.
Fear and pessimism, combined with a heavy dose of lowering expectations, has the government talking down its prospects of retaining the seat.
Many insiders across the political aisle insist Labor remains the frontrunner but the fallout of the result will shame what comes next ahead of the looming federal election.
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