The following items of business were postponed:

General business notice of motion no. 233 standing in the name of Senator Xenophon for today, proposing an order for the production of a document relating to the Productivity Commission, postponed till 16 October 2008.

General business notice of motion no. 242 standing in the name of Senator Hutchins for today, relating to the assassination of the former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia, Major General Janaka Perera and Mrs Perera, postponed till 16 October 2008.