Government MPs have been warned not to nip home early, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison cracks the whip on the first day of parliament.
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The Coalition party room was also warned to stop navel gazing, as the government tries to exorcise the ghosts of the last parliament.
![Prime Minister Scott Morrison is urging the Coalition to be disciplined. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is urging the Coalition to be disciplined.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-agfeed/2153259.jpg/r0_27_1500_874_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Liberal and National party members were told they needed to show discipline and use the processes of the party to work through issues with one another.
Politicians needed to focus on the people outside the building, rather than inside and solve the problems of the people they were elected to represent, they were told.
It comes as a new book claims former cabinet minister Michael Keenan described Mr Morrison as an "absolute arsehole".
Attorney-General Christian Porter reportedly accused Mr Morrison of not being a team player, while Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said he preferred Peter Dutton, according to political commentator Niki Savva's Plots and Prayers.
Coalition MPs were also urged to avoid a repeat of the first sitting weeks of the last parliament, where the Coalition lost three divisions on the floor of the House of Representatives.
At that time, the government had lost a vote on the floor of the house before since 1962.
While the government has the majority in the house, it is slim, meaning any absence would be felt.
In the Senate, it is negotiating with the crossbench to get the tax cuts over the line. With Labor holding out against supporting the package, any unforeseen absence there could be diabolical.
The prime minister previously vowed the Senate would not break until the signature tax cut package was passed.
MPs were told they needed to remain in the chamber and in Canberra until parliament was adjourned.