Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I inform the House that the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation will be absent from question time today for personal reasons. The Treasurer will answer questions in relation to financial services and superannuation, and the Minister for Employment Participation will answer questions in relation to employment and workplace relations.

The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts will be absent from question time today as he is in Newcastle on ministerial business. The Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism will answer questions on his behalf.

The Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel and Minister for Indigenous Health will also be absent from question time today as he is in Sydney on ministerial business. The Minister for Defence will answer questions in relation to veterans' affairs, defence science and personnel, and the Minister for Health will answer questions in relation to Indigenous health.