The following items of business were postponed:

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of the Chair of the Economics References Committee (Senator Stephens) for today, proposing the reference of a matter to the Economics References Committee, postponed till 27 February 2006.

General business notice of motion no. 334 standing in the name of Senator Bartlett for today, relating to sexual assault on children in Australia, postponed till 27 February 2006.

General business notice of motion no. 368 standing in the name of Senator Stott Despoja for today, relating to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, postponed till 27 February 2006.