Senate debates

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Ministerial Arrangements

2:00 pm

Photo of Eric AbetzEric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I inform the Senate that Senator Johnston will be absent from the Senate today, Tuesday, 15 July, until 4 pm in order to attend the military funeral for Lance Corporal Todd Chidgey in Gosford, New South Wales. For the purposes of question time, Senator Brandis will represent the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC, and Senator Scullion will represent the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development.