House debates

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Ministerial Arrangements

2:01 pm

Photo of Kevin RuddKevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | | Hansard source

I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time today and this week as he is attending AUKMIN—the Australia-United Kingdom ministerial meeting—in Leeds. The Minister for Trade will answer questions on his behalf. Oh, member for Boothby!

Photo of Andrew SouthcottAndrew Southcott (Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment Participation, Training and Sport) Share this | | Hansard source

I grew this moustache while you were away.

Photo of Kevin RuddKevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | | Hansard source

That suggests a level of machismo on the part of the member for Boothby that I was heretofore unfamiliar with.