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

Migration—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Temporary visas … permanent benefits: Ensuring the effectiveness, fairness and integrity of the temporary business visa program. Motion of Senator Polley to take note of report agreed to.

Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—

Report 86—Treaties tabled on 27 March and 9 May 2007

Report 87—Treaties tabled on 13 June 2007

Report 88—Treaty tabled on 7 August 2007.

Motion of Senator Wortley to take note of reports agreed to.

Corporations and Financial Services—Joint Statutory Committee—Report—Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Chapman) to take note of report agreed to.

Legal and Constitutional References Committee—Report—Administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958Government response. Motion of Senator Bartlett to take note of document agreed to.

Community Affairs References Committee—Report—Beyond petrol sniffing: Renewing hope for Indigenous communities—Additional information. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Humphries) to take note of document agreed to.

National Capital and External Territories—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Antarctica: Australia’s pristine frontier: The adequacy of funding for Australia’s Antarctic Program—Government response. Motion of Senator Campbell to take note of document agreed to.