Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I advise the Senate that Senators Birmingham and Canavan will be absent from question time today due to personal reasons. In Senator Birmingham's absence, Senator Payne will represent the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Senator McKenzie will represent the Minister for Education, and Senator Fifield will represent the Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Energy. In Senator Canavan's absence, Senator Cash will represent the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia and the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, and Senator McKenzie will represent the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Drought Preparation and Response.