Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the House that the Prime Minister and the Minister for Defence will be absent from question time today and tomorrow. They are in Western Australia to attend the funerals of Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald and Sapper James Martin. The Special Minister of State will also attend the funeral of Lance Corporal McDonald today. I will answer questions on behalf of the Prime Minister. The Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel will answer questions on behalf of the Minister for Defence. The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations will also answer questions on behalf of the Special Minister of State and Minister for the Public Service and Integrity. The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and Minister for Industry and Innovation and the Minister for Housing and Homelessness and Minister for Small Business will be absent from question time today and tomorrow for personal reasons. The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport will answer questions relating to climate change and energy efficiency. The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts will answer questions relating to industry and innovation.

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