Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that Senator Wong will be absent from question time from Monday to Wednesday this week on account of ministerial business overseas. Senator Gallagher will be absent from question time for the same period, for personal reasons. In Senator Wong's absence, I will be the acting Leader of the Government in the Senate, and in the absence of Senator Wong and Senator Gallagher, Senator Watt and I will represent portfolios at question time in accordance with the letter circulated to the President, party leaders and independent senators.