The following items of business were postponed:

General business notice of motion no. 608 standing in the name of Senator Nettle for today, relating to water resources of the Murray-Darling Basin, postponed till 30 November 2006.

General business notice of motion no. 626 standing in the name of Senator Carr for today, proposing the introduction of the Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol Ratification) Bill 2006 [No. 2], postponed till 28 November 2006.