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

I inform the House that the Treasurer will be absent from question time today as he is unwell. The Minister for Finance and Deregulation will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Trade will be absent from question time this week as he is in Japan meeting with the new government and then visiting the Republic of Korea for the Trade Ministers Dialogue. The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism will be absent from question time today and tomorrow as he is in China attending the third ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry will be answering questions on his behalf today as well. The Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth, and Minister for Sport will be absent today as she is attending an Indigenous childcare forum in South Australia. The Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and Minister for Social Inclusion will answer questions in relation to early childhood education, child care and youth on her behalf, and the Minister for Health and Ageing will answer questions in relation to sport on her behalf.