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

I inform the House that the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs will be absent from question time today as he is accompanying the Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Australian War Memorial. I note that both the Leader of the Opposition and I have met with the Prime Minister of New Zealand and he is indeed a most welcome official guest in our country. The Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science will answer questions on behalf of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs.

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