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

I inform the House that the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency will be absent from question time today as he is attending the launch of the New South Wales Defence Industry Program in Sydney. Furthermore, 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.