Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the House that the Minister for Employment Participation and Child Care and Minister for the Status of Women will be absent from question time today as she is attending a funeral in Adelaide. The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts will answer questions in relation to employment participation and sport; the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs will answer questions in relation to the status of women; and the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth will answer questions in relation to child care on her behalf.

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