Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the House of the absence today of the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs. The Treasurer will take questions in his absence. I might add that the Assistant Treasurer’s absence is owing to his wife, Rebecca, expecting their second baby. On behalf of the House I wish he and Rebecca well. I also inform the House of the absence of the Minister for Youth and Sport, who is attending the funeral of Clyde Cameron today. In her absence, the Deputy Prime Minister will be taking questions relating to the youth portfolio and the Minister for Health and Ageing will be taking questions relating to the sport portfolio.

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