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Vote Postponed Senate Postpones Vote   On December 4, 2003 Queensland One Nation Senator Len Harris moved to postpone the Senate's vote on the establishment of a select committee to inquire into and report on unresolved issues arising from the Heiner Affair until the next period of sitting. Senator Harris had previously sought leave to have the vote called on Wednesday, December 4. The next period of sitting for the Senate will begin in the second week of February, 2004. A partial transcript of Senator Harris' and Senator Hill's statements follow.   Senator HARRIS—Thank you, Mr President, and I thank the Senate. Notice of motion No. 721 is a motion of substantive issues. It relates to a matter that has been unresolved for 14 years. It concerns me to have to indicate to the Senate that at the end of my brief comments I am going to seek leave to have the notice of motion remain on the Notice Paper until the next period of sitting. The issue is substantive. The Senate may have been misled—by the altering of documents that were provided to it and also by the wilful withholding of documents that should have been provided to it. The matter relates to child abuse and the impacts on the life of the person who raised this issue, Mr Kevin Lindeberg. He has been raising it for 14 years. It is a matter of importance that the Senate should address. I seek leave to have notice of motion No. 721 postponed until the next period of sitting. *** Senator HILL—I am speaking because the government was approached by Senator Harris on this matter seeking support. I received certain documents yesterday which, according to the argument, should have been put before the Senate committee some years ago and were not put and, as a result of that failure, the committee reached certain conclusions which it may not have reached. I have also been presented with a document that was put before the Senate committee but, it is alleged, was cropped so that matters relevant to the Senate committee were removed and not brought to the attention of the committee. Allegations of misleading a Senate committee are obviously very serious. I have undertaken to Senator Harris that the government will carefully consider the detail of the matter during the break and, on the basis of careful consideration, will decide whether we are able to support Senator Harris’s motion. I have undertaken to deal with the matter promptly upon the Senate’s return in February. 1185 page visits Content Management Software 2008