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

In deference to the member for Braddon, who we all wait with bated breath to hear later on, I beg to the inform the House that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts will be absent from question time today and tomorrow as he is attending a Coral Triangle Initiative ministerial meeting in the Solomon Islands. The Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change will answer questions on his behalf.

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