John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the House that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services will be absent from question time today and tomorrow. He is hosting the APEC Transportation Ministers Meeting in Adelaide. The Minister for Trade will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Health and Ageing will also be absent from question time today. He is in Indonesia attending a ministerial meeting—

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