Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I advise the Senate that Senator Canavan will be absent from question time today due to ministerial duties. In Senator Canavan's absence, Senator Birmingham will represent the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia. Senator McKenzie will represent the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, the Minister for Regional Services, Decentralisation and Local Government, and the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology.