The following items of business were postponed:

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 2 standing in the name of Senator Xenophon for today, proposing a reference to the Community Affairs References Committee, postponed till 25 November 2009.

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 3 standing in the name of Senator Boyce for today, proposing a reference to the Community Affairs References Committee, postponed till 25 November 2009.

General business notice of motion no. 648 standing in the name of the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding) for today, relating to the third reading the of Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills, postponed till 25 November 2009.