The following orders of the day relating to government documents were considered:

Ombudsman Act 1976Inquiry into the circumstances of the Vivian Alvarez matter—Report by the Commonwealth Ombudsman of an inquiry undertaken by Mr Neil Comrie, AO, APM. (Report no. 3 of 2005)

Reports to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Senator Vanstone) from the Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs—

Implementation of the recommendations of the Palmer report of inquiry into the circumstances of the immigration detention of Cornelia Rau, dated September 2005.

Response to the recommendations of the report of the Commonwealth Ombudsman of the inquiry into the circumstances of the Vivian Alvarez matter, dated October 2005.

Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of documents called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade—Report—Weapons of mass destruction: Australia’s role in fighting proliferation: Practical responses to new challenges. Motion of Senator Siewert to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

National Water Commission—Report for the period 17 December 2004 to 30 June 2005. Motion of Senator Siewert to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Northern Territory Fisheries Joint Authority—Report for 2002-03. Motion of Senator Siewert to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Employment Advocate—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Siewert to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Multilateral treaty—Text, together with national interest analysis and annexures—Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, done at New York on 25 May 2000. Motion of Senator Kirk to take note of document agreed to.

Department of Family and Community Services—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator McLucas to take note of document agreed to.

Commissioner for Complaints [Aged care]—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator McLucas to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Crossin to take note of document agreed to.

Department of Health and Ageing—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator McLucas to take note of document agreed to.

Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Limited—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator McLucas to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Crossin to take note of agreed to.

Industrial Relations Court of Australia—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Marshall to take note of document agreed to.

Department of Defence—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Stephens to take note of document moved called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Indigenous Business Australia—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Stephens to take note of document agreed to.

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Marshall to take note of document agreed to.

Migration Agents Registration Authority—Report for 2004-05. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Bartlett. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Australia-China Council—Report for 2004-05. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Marshall. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Marshall in continuation.

Bilateral treaty—Text, together with national interest analysis and annexures—Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, done at Canberra on 16 June 2005. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Bartlett. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission —Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Australian Customs Service—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Ludwig to take note of document agreed to.

Aboriginal Land Commissioner—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

North Queensland Land Council Aboriginal Corporation—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Torres Strait Regional Authority—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator—Financial report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document agreed to.

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission—Report—No. 31—Inquiry into a complaint by Mr Zacharias Manongga, Consul for the Northern Territory, Consul of the Republic of Indonesia that the human rights of Indonesian fishers detained on vessels in Darwin Harbour were breached by the Commonwealth of Australia. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited (ARTC)—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Webber to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Marshall debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Multilateral treaty—Text, together with national interest analysis and annexures—Amendments, done at Nairobi, Kenya on 25 November 2005, to Appendices I and II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, done at Bonn on 23 June 1979. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003Quarterly report on the Government co-contribution scheme for the period 1 July to 30 September 2005. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002Legislation Review Committee—Report on the review of the Acts, December 2005. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Bartlett in continuation.

Natural Heritage Trust—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Milne to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Centrelink and the Data-Matching Agency—Data-matching program—Report on progress 2004-05. Motion of Senator Stott Despoja to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

National Native Title Tribunal—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Stott Despoja to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

National Rural Advisory Council—Report for 2001-02, including a report on the Rural Adjustment Scheme. Motion of Senator Stott Despoja to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

National Rural Advisory Council—Report for 2002-03. Motion of Senator Stott Despoja to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Private Health Insurance Administration Council—Report for 2004-05. Motion of Senator Stott Despoja to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Bartlett debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

General business orders of the day nos 18 to 23, 25, 28 to 31, 33 to 35, 46 to 50 and 60 to 64 relating to government documents were called on but no motion was moved.