The following items of business were postponed:

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) for 9 August 2006, proposing the reference of matters to the Community Affairs References Committee, postponed till 15 August 2006.

Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 2 standing in the name of Senator Crossin for 9 August 2006, proposing the reference of a matter to the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee, postponed till 10 August 2006.