Julia Gillard (Lalor, 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 attending the G20 finance ministers meeting in Paris. The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare and Minister for the Status of Women will be absent from question time this week as she is attending the 55th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, in New York. The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts will answer questions in relation to employment participation. The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs will answer questions in relation to status of women issues. The Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth will answer questions in relation to child care on her behalf.