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

I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time today as he is in Perth attending his sister’s funeral. The Attorney-General will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Health and Ageing will also be absent from question time today. The Minister for Ageing will answer questions on her behalf. The Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport will be late to question time today as she is representing me at the Prime Minister’s XI cricket match function, a match in which we are not doing too well at the moment. In her absence, the Deputy Prime Minister will answer questions in relation to early childhood education, child care and youth and the Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Service Delivery will answer questions in relation to sport.

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