The following orders of the day relating to committee reports and government responses were considered:

Economics—Standing Committee—Report—Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]. Motion of the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding) to take note of report agreed to.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs—Standing Committee—Report—Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Crossin) to take note of report agreed to.

Environment, Communications and the Arts—Standing Committee—Report—Sexualisation of children in the contemporary media. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator McEwen) to take note of report agreed to.

Community Affairs—Standing Committee—Report—A matter relating to the PET review of 2000. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Moore) to take note of report agreed to.

Community Affairs—Standing Committee—Report—Ready-to-drink alcohol beverages. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Moore) to take note of report agreed to.

Environment, Communications and the Arts—Standing Committee—Report—The effectiveness of the broadcasting codes of practice. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator McEwen) to take note of report agreed to.

Electoral Matters—Joint Standing Committee—Advisory report—Schedule 1 of the Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008. Motion of Senator Carol Brown to take note of report agreed to.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs—Standing Committee—Report—Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Crossin) to take note of report agreed to.

Housing Affordability in Australia—Select Committee—Report—A good house is hard to find: Housing affordability in Australia. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Payne) to take note of report agreed to.

Privileges—Standing Committee—133rd report—Possible false or misleading evidence before the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Brandis)—That the Senate endorse the finding at paragraph 1.31 of the 133rd report of the Committee of Privileges—agreed to.

Community Affairs—Standing Committee—Report—A decent quality of life: Inquiry into the cost of living pressures on older Australians. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Moore) to take note of report agreed to.