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

I inform the House that the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport will be absent from question time today and for the remainder of the week as she is in Zurich lodging Australia’s bid for the World Cup. The Deputy Prime Minister will answer questions in relation to early childhood education, child care and youth, and the Minister for Health and Ageing will answer questions in relation to sport on her behalf. Furthermore, the Minister for Defence Materiel and Science and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency will be absent from question time today. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel will answer questions in relation to defence materiel and science and the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government will answer questions in relation to climate change and energy efficiency on his behalf.