Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I advise the Senate of changes to ministerial arrangements for question time. Senator McAllister will be absent from question time this week on account of ministerial business interstate in her role as Minister for Emergency Management. I'm sure people will understand why she is doing that. In her absence, ministers will represent portfolios at question time in accordance with a letter from me circulated to the President, party leaders and Independent senators. Changes have also been made to arrangements concerning representation of ministers from the House of Representatives.