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

I inform the House that the Deputy Prime Minister will be absent from question time this week as she is attending the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in Washington. The Minister for Employment Participation will answer questions on her behalf in relation to employment and workplace relations and education and social inclusion. The Minister for Resources and Energy and Tourism will be absent from question time this week as he also is attending the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in Washington with the Deputy Prime Minister and representing the government at the Jeddah energy conference in Saudi Arabia. The Minister for Trade will answer questions on his behalf. Further, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts will be absent from question time this week as he is attending the meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile. The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry will answer questions on his behalf in relation to water and the Minister for Home Affairs will answer questions in relation to environment and heritage.