The following items of business were postponed:

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of Senator Milne for today, proposing the disallowance of the Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines, postponed till 1 December 2008.

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 2 standing in the name of Senator Heffernan for today, proposing the reference of a matter to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, postponed till 27 November 2008.

General business notice of motion no. 156 standing in the name of Senator Siewert for today, proposing the introduction of the Food Safety (Trans Fats) Bill 2008, postponed till 23 February 2009.