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

Mr Speaker, I inform the House that the Treasurer will be absent from question time today as he is in India meeting with senior counterparts to discuss outcomes of the G20 finance ministers meeting in London. The Minister for Finance and Deregulation will answer questions on his behalf. Furthermore, the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport will be absent from question time today as she is attending the funeral of Flying Officer Michael Herbert in Adelaide. The Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion will answer questions in relation to early childhood education, childcare and youth and the Minister for Health and Ageing will answer questions in relation to youth on her behalf.

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