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

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority—Report for 2006-07. Motion of Senator Nash to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Macdonald in continuation.

Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997Live-stock mortalities during exports by sea—Report for the period 1 July to 31 December 2007. Motion to take note of document agreed to.

Which way home? A new approach to homelessness—Green paper by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Housing, dated May 2008. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Communications and Media Authority—National Relay Service provider performance—Report for 2006-07. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.

NetAlert Limited—Report for 2006-07—Statement relating to exemption from reporting requirements. Motion of Senator Barnett to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Macdonald debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Regional Forest Agreement between the Commonwealth and Tasmania—Report—Inquiry on the progress with implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997)—Second five yearly review, dated February 2008. Motion of Senator Barnett to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Macdonald in continuation.

Australian Maritime College—Report for 2006-07 [Final report]. Motion of Senator Barnett to take note of document agreed to.

Treaties—MultilateralExplanatory statement 2 of 2008—Amendment, adopted 1 October 2007, to Annex 1 of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) International Convention Against Doping in Sport of 19 October 2005. Motion of Senator Boyce to take note of document agreed to.

Treaties—BilateralAustralia-Chile Free Trade Agreement—Text, together with the national interest analysis, regulation impact statement and annexures. Motion of Senator McEwen to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Carol Brown debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

AusLink—Report for 2006-07. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Macdonald in continuation.

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)—NHMRC Licensing Committee—Report on the operation of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 for the period 1 October 2007 to 31 March 2008. Motion of Senator Barnett to take note of document agreed to.

Treaties—MultilateralKyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto, 11 December 1997, [2008] ATS 2)—Text, together with national interest analysis and annexures. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.