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

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee—Report—DEEWR tender process to award employment services contracts. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Humphries) to take note of report agreed to.

Community Affairs References Committee—Report—Lost innocents and forgotten Australians revisited: Report on the progress with the implementation of the recommendations of the lost innocents and forgotten Australians reports. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Siewert) to take note of report agreed to.

Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—Report 102—Treaties tabled on 12 and 16 March 2009. Motion of Senator Birmingham to take note of report agreed to.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Sealing a just outcome: Report from the inquiry into RAAF F-111 Deseal/Reseal workers and their families. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Forshaw) to take note of report agreed to.

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee—Report—Matters relating to the establishment of an Australian Football League team for Tasmania. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Nash) to take note of report agreed to.

Community Affairs; Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Environment, Communications and the Arts; Finance and Public Administration; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; Legal and Constitutional Affairs; and Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport—Legislation Committees—Reports—Budget estimates 2009-10. Motion of Senator Cormann to take note of reports agreed to.

Electoral Matters—Joint Standing Committee—Reports—

Advisory report on the Commonwealth Electoral (Above-the-Line Voting) Amendment Bill 2008

Report on the conduct of the 2007 federal election and matters related thereto

Motion of Senator Carol Brown to take note of reports agreed to.