Tourism Minister Gary Gray skipping ALP campaign launch to go skydiving Kevin Rudd jokes with local member Gary Gray, after hearing he is parachuting on Sunday. KEVIN Rudd's Resources and Tourism Minister Gary Gray won't attend Labor's official campaign launch on Sunday because he will be going skydiving instead. Mr Gray, who lambasted Mr Rudd before his return to the prime ministership saying he wasn't fit to lead the party, made the remark at a meet and greet with the PM in his own electorate of Brand in Perth. "I'll be parachuting onto Rockingham Beach on Sunday morning," Mr Gray told Mr Rudd. I'm a little bit nervous but it's good for tourism. Mr Gray said it was part of a Father's Day event. He said he would be conducting the parachuting exercise at around 9am WST. It will mean he is in the air at the same time the ALP Campaign launch is being held in Brisbane. "I might have to appoint an acting minister," Mr Rudd said. In fact I might make a point of saying at the launch that Gary Gray couldn't be here because he is in the air right now. Just days before Mr Rudd took back the nation's top job, Mr Gray said he didn't have the skills to be PM again. "He doesn't have the courage and the strength that's required to do this job," Mr Gray said on June 21. What he can do is spread confusion. What he can do is get himself into the media. What he can do is create a lot of torment. What he can't do is govern and what he can't do is lead the Labor Party.