Senator COOK (9:47 AM) —Madam President, I have just been informed by my whip that there has been, at whips level, discussion that this matter be deferred. Accordingly, I move:

That general business notice of motion No. 80 standing in the name of Senator Cook for today, relating to the reference of matters concerning the deaths of six Australian-based journalists in East Timor in 1975 to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, be postponed till the next day of sitting.

Question resolved in the affirmative.