The following orders of the day relating to committee reports and government responses were considered:

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Expanding Australia’s trade and investment relations with North Africa—Government response, dated May 2007. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Webber. Debate adjourned till the next day of sitting, Senator Webber in continuation.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Review of Australia-New Zealand trade and investment relations—Government response. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Webber. Debate adjourned till the next day of sitting, Senator Webber in continuation.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Standing Committee—Report—Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of report agreed to.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs—Standing Committee—Report: Unfinished business: Indigenous stolen wages—Additional information. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document agreed to.