Mr REITH (Leader of the House) —Papers are tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the papers will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and Hansard .

The schedule read as follows—

Defence Act—Army and Air Force Canteen Service Regulations—Army and Air Force Canteen Service Board of Management—Report for year ended 31 January 1997.

Employment, Education and Training Act—National Board of Employment, Education and Training—Higher Education Council—Report, including the Board's comments—Quality in resource based learning, July 1997.

Finance—

Advance to the Minister for Finance—

Statements for May 1997.

Supporting applications of issues from the Advance during May 1997.

Provision for running costs borrowings—

Statement for May 1997.

Supporting applications for issues from the Provision during May 1997.

Industry Commission Act—Industry Commission—Reports—

No. 52—The machine tools and robotics industries, 13 August 1996.

No. 54—Book printing, 23 October 1996.

No. 56—Medical and scientific equipment industries, 20 December 1996.

National Health and Medical Research Council Act—National Health and Medical Research Council—Strategic plan for 1997-2000.

Treaties—

Bilateral with national interest analysis—

Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary and Certain Seabed Boundaries, done at Perth on 14 March 1997.

Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, and Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, done at Washington on 30 April 1997.

Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakstan on Economic and Commercial Cooperation, done at Almaty on 7 May 1997.

Exchange of Notes, done at Seoul on 11 August 1997, constituting an Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Korea concerning the Retransfer of Australian Obligated Nuclear Material under the Agreement concerning Cooperation in Peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy and the Transfer of Nuclear Material, of 2 May 1979.

Project Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America on Detection and Tracking of Targets in Clutter.

Project Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America on Data Fusion for Over-the-Horizon Radar.

Multilateral with national interest analysis—

Fourth Protocol, done at Geneva on 15 April 1997, to the General Agreement on Trade in Services, of 15 April 1994.

Second Agreement, done at Vienna on 24 May 1997, to extend the Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology, of 2 February 1987.

Amendments, done at Harare in June 1997, to Appendices I and II of the Convention on Interna tional Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, of 3 March 1973.

Bilateral—National interest analysis—

Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, done at Montevideo on 7 October 1988.

Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Republic of Turkey, done at Canberra on 3 March 1994, and Exchange of Notes, done at Ankara on 27 and 28 March 1995, constituting an Agreement to correct the Treaty on Extradition and as to the interpretation of the Treaty as corrected.

Motion (by Mr Reith) proposed:

That the House take note of the following papers:

Industry Commission Act—Industry Commission—Reports—

No. 52—The machine tools and robotics industries, 13 August 1996.

No. 54—Book printing, 23 October 1996.

No. 56—Medical and scientific equipment industries, 20 December 1996.

Debate (on motion by Mr Crean) adjourned.