The following items of business were postponed:

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of Senator O’Brien for today, proposing the reference of a matter to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, postponed till 2 March 2006.

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 2 standing in the name of Senator Hurley for today, proposing the reference of matters to the Legal and Constitutional References Committee, postponed till 2 March 2006.

General business notice of motion no. 368 standing in the name of Senator Stott Despoja for 1 March 2006, relating to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, postponed till 2 March 2006.

General business notice of motion no. 378 standing in the name of the Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) for today, relating to young people and tobacco, postponed till 1 March 2006.

General business notice of motion no. 380 standing in the name of Senator Siewert for today, relating to the proposed expansion of the McArthur River mine, postponed till 1 March 2006.