John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I inform the House that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services will be absent from question time today and tomorrow. He is hosting the APEC Transportation Ministers Meeting in Adelaide. The Minister for Trade will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Health and Ageing will also be absent from question time today. He is in Indonesia attending a ministerial meeting—

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John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I will tell him you miss him—on responsible practices for sharing avian influenza virus data. The Minister for Ageing will answer questions on his behalf. I also inform the House that, further to the arrangements announced on Monday, 26 March, the Minister for Trade will answer questions on behalf of the Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads today and tomorrow.