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

I inform the House that the Attorney-General will be absent from question time today as he is attending the farewell ceremony for the Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China. The Minister for Home Affairs will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Defence, Materiel and Science and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency will be absent today as he is attending defence briefings at Victoria Barracks in Sydney. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel will answer questions in relation to defence and the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government will answer questions in relation to climate change.

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