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

Bureau of Meteorology—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Communications and Media Authority—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Airservices Australia—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Wet Tropics Management Authority—Report for 2007-08, including State of the Wet Tropics report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Customs Service—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism—Report for the period 3 December 2007 to 30 June 2008. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts—Reports for 2007-08—

Volume 1—Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Volume 2—Legislation.

Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

National Transport Commission (NTC Australia)—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Bureau of Statistics—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Commonwealth Ombudsman—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Ryan debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited (Teaching Australia)—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Fair Pay Commission—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Adams to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Fair Pay Commission Secretariat—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Adams to take note of document agreed to.

Department of Immigration and Citizenship—Report for 2007-08—Corrections. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Sugar Research and Development Corporation—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Australian River Co. Limited—Report for 1 December 2006 to 30 November 2007. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Audio-Visual Copyright Society Limited (Screenrights)—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Murray-Darling Basin Commission—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

General Practice Education and Training Limited—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Aged Care Act 1997—Report for 2007-08 on the operation of the Act. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Migration Act 1958—Section 486O—Assessment of detention arrangements—Personal identifiers 481/08 to 491/08—Government response to Commonwealth Ombudsman’s reports. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Migration Act 1958—Section 486O—Assessment of detention arrangements—Personal identifiers 481/08 to 491/08—Commonwealth Ombudsman’s reports. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Crimes Act 1914—Authorisations for the acquisition and use of assumed identities—Report for 2007-08—Australian Crime Commission. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

National Rural Advisory Council—Report for 2007-08. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Parry. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Fisheries Management Authority—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Schools Assistance (Learning Together - Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004—Report on financial assistance granted to each state in respect of 2007. Motion of Senator Mason to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Public Service Commission—State of the service—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Telstra Sale Company Limited—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Electoral Commission—Report for 2007-08—Correction. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of document agreed to.

Commonwealth Grants Commission—Report on State revenue sharing relativities—2009 update. Motion of Senator Brandis to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency—Quarterly report for the period 1 October to 31 December 2008. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.

Telecommunications Act 1997—Funding of research and consumer representation in relation to telecommunications—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Barnett to take note of document agreed to.

Indexed lists of departmental and agency files, Departmental and agency grants, Departmental and agency appointments and vacancies and Departmental and agency grants—Orders for the production of documents—Documents tabled 15 June 2009. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of documents agreed to.

General business orders of the day nos 34 to 37 and 40 to 54 relating to government documents were called on but no motion was moved.