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

I inform the House that the Minister for Sport and Minister for Youth will be absent from question time today. The Minister for Health and Ageing will answer questions regarding sport. The Deputy Prime Minister will answer questions regarding youth on her behalf. Furthermore, the Minister for Trade will be absent from question time today. The Minister for Foreign Affairs will answer questions on his behalf. As discussed and agreed between myself and the Leader of the Opposition yesterday, I will be leaving for Sydney not long after 3 pm to attend the world congress of FIFA to put Australia’s case for hosting the 2018 World Cup.

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