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

I inform the House that the Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness and Minister for Small Business will be absent from question time today for personal reasons. The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs will answer questions in relation to housing and homelessness and on behalf of the Minister for Human Services. The Assistant Treasurer will answer questions in relation to small business. The Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism will be absent from question time today and tomorrow as he is attending the LNG Producer-Consumer Conference in Japan. The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts will answer questions on his behalf.

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