The day in Australian politics unfolded with all the subtlety of a parliamentary question time food fight, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dismissed as "completely wrong" the suggestion that he had "cleaned up" after Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the matter of a credit card ban. Nothing says fiscal responsibility quite like denying you had to mop up after your own finance minister.

Meanwhile, the Coalition continued its relentless targeting of someone named Aly, presumably because there are only so many hours in a parliamentary sitting day and one must pick a nemesis.

In other news that will surprise absolutely no one, the Greens have pointed out that Australia is missing out on a staggering $45bn in revenue from its resources. As Labor prepares to introduce its bill for a gas reserve, the Greens noted that tens of billions are being left on the table because the government won't properly tax the resource. In a statement dripping with the kind of moral clarity that only opposition parties can afford, the Greens declared: "We're giving away billions in resource wealth while families struggle to pay the rent, put food on the table and afford basic healthcare." It's a familiar tune: the money exists, it's just going to the wrong people, and everyone knows it.

The Greens didn't stop there, adding that "Labor can find billions to prop up the fossil fuel industry, but when it comes to making corporations like Santos, Woodside and Adani pay a fair return, suddenly it's all too hard." Because nothing unites a parliament like the shared understanding that the real victims here are the multinational energy companies.

And in the most colourful quote of the day, someone - presumably not a member of the government - accused the prime minister of having "a kink for punishing small businesses and a fetish for humiliating his treasurer." The statement continued: "So I say this is a consistent pattern of behaviour where the prime minister constantly goes in, overrides his treasurer, humiliates him in public. I suspect it's going to sour the relationship somewhat." Yes, that's the sound of a political marriage counsellor being booked in the background.

For those keeping score at home: Albanese says the "cleaned up" claim is completely wrong, the Coalition is still going after Aly, the Greens want Santos, Woodside and Adani to pay up, and the treasurer is presumably somewhere practicing his resigned smile. Just another day in the nation's capital, where the only thing missing from the resource tax debate is an actual resource tax.