The Clerk:

I present letters from the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar of the High Court forwarding in accordance with the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, copies of the following orders made by the High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns:

Briscoe-Hough v Melham and Ors—Order, dated 1 December 2010—Petition No. S249 of 2010. Leave be granted for petition to be withdrawn. The Petitioner to pay costs of the Australian Electoral Commission.

Fremantle v O’Neill and Ors—Order, dated 30 November 2010—Petition No. S248 of 2010. Petition be referred for trial to the Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales District Registry.

Green v Bradbury and Ors—Order, dated 30 November 2010—Petition No. S251 of 2010. Petition be referred for trial to the Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales District Registry.