Senate debates Ministerial Arrangements


Chris Evans

Chris Evans WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate

2:00 pm

I inform the Senate that Senator Arbib, the Minister for Sport, Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development and Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, will be absent from question time today through to Wednesday.

Ian Macdonald

Ian Macdonald Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia

I thought that you were being replaced.

Chris Evans

Chris Evans WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate

I will be getting more responsibilities, actually. During Senator Arbib's absence, I will take questions relating to the Indigenous Employment and Economic Development portfolio and to the Housing and Homelessness portfolio. Senator Conroy will take questions relating to the Sport portfolio. Senator Sherry will take questions relating to the Human Services portfolio and the Arts portfolio.