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

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975Great Barrier Reef outlook report 2009. Motion of Senator Adams to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Parry the debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

NBN Co Limited—Report for the period 9 April to 30 June 2009. Motion of Senator Birmingham to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Parry the debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Boyce to take note of document agreed to.

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs—Report for 2008-09, including Aboriginals Benefit Account report for 2008-09 and financial statements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account. Motion of Senator Boyce to take note of document agreed to.

National Water Commission—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Migration Act 1958Section 91Y—Protection visa processing taking more than 90 days—Report for the period 1 March to 30 June 2009. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

National Transport Commission (NTC Australia)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Director of National Parks—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism—Report for 2008-09, including Geoscience Australia report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Boyce to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Parry the debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Wet Tropics Management Authority—Report for 2008-09, including State of the Wet Tropics report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Commonwealth Grants Commission—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Department of Climate Change—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Bureau of Meteorology—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (Land & Water Australia)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Sugar Research and Development Corporation—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Supervising Scientist—Report for 2008-09 on the operation of the Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Indigenous Business Australia—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Australian Fisheries Management Authority—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (formerly the Australian Customs Service)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority—Report for 2007-08. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Australian Building and Construction Commissioner—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Tourism Australia—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Skills Australia—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Barnett to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Bureau of Statistics—Information paper—Census of population and housing 2011—Nature and content. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Sports Commission—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Barnett to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Parry the debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency—Quarterly report for the period 1 July to 30 September 2009. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Parry. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Treaty—MultilateralAmendments, done at Rome, Italy on 5 December 2008, to Appendices I and II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals of 23 June 1979—Text, together with national interest analysis. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Parry. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Mid-year economic and fiscal outlook—2009-10—Statement by the Treasurer (Mr Swan) and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Mr Tanner). Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Parry. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Telecommunications Act 1997Funding of research and consumer representation in relation to telecommunications—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Aged Care Act 1997Report for 2008-09 on the operation of the Act. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Broadcasting Services Act 1992Digital television transmission and reception—Report, February 2010. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Landcare Council—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

High Court of Australia—Report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975Great Barrier Reef outlook report 2009—Correction. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Department of Finance and Deregulation—Consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2009. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

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 April to 31 August 2009. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999Report of the independent review by Allan Hawke, dated October 2009. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service—Report for 2008-09—Correction. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament—Eliminating nuclear threats: A practical agenda for global policymakers—Report, November 2009 and Synopsis. Motion of Senator Ludlam to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Parry the debate was adjourned till Thursday at general business.

Freedom of Information Act 1982Report for 2008-09 on the operation of the Act. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document agreed to.

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)—Communications report for 2008-09. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Communications—Digital dividend—Green paper by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, dated January 2010. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

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—Joint Australian and Tasmanian government response, January 2010. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998Intergenerational report 2010. Motion of Senator Parry to take note of document called on. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Health—National preventative health taskforce report—Order for production of documents—Document—Statement responding to the resolution of the Senate of 26 November 2009. Motion to take note of document moved, by leave, by Senator Parry. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Workplace relations—Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill 2009—Bilateral intergovernmental agreements—Order for production of documents—Documents—Bilateral intergovernmental agreement for a national workplace relations system for the private sector—Response to part (2) (see entry no. 38, 2 February 2010). Motion to take note of document moved, by leave, by Senator Parry. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

Workplace relations—Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill 2009—Bilateral intergovernmental agreements—Order for production of documents—Documents—Bilateral intergovernmental agreement for a national workplace relations system for the private sector—Response to part (3) (see entry no. 38, 2 February 2010). Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Parry. Debate adjourned till Thursday at general business, Senator Parry in continuation.

General business orders of the day nos 37, 38, 40 to 42 and 44 to 50 relating to government documents were called on but no motion was moved.