The Rudd Government has used Question Time to talk up its first year in office.
But Prime Minster Kevin Rudd and three senior ministers are absent from Parliament, celebrating the occasion overseas.
Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told Parliament Labor has spent the last year delivering on its promises, unlike previous governments.
“We wanted to rebuild faith in government,” Ms Gillard said.
“To show the Australian people that an elected government in this nation can deliver on what it promised, and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing.”