Sitting calendar 2013 – text-only version
Parliamentary sittings – 2013
- 1 January – New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 2 to 25 January – Non sitting days
- 28 January – Australia Day holiday (substitute for Saturday, 26 January)
- 29 January to 4 February – Non sitting days
Autumn session
- 5 to 7 February – Both Chambers sit
- 8 February – Non sitting day
- 11 to 14 February –House of Representatives sits, Senate Additional Estimates
- 15 to 22 February – Non sitting days
- 25 to 28 February – Senate only sits
- 1 March to 8 March – Non sitting days
- 11 March – Canberra Day (Public Holiday)
- 12 to 14 March – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off on Thursday, 14 March
- 15 March - Senate only sits
- 18 to 21 March – Both Chambers sit,
- 22 to 28 March – Non sitting days
- 29 March – Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 1 April – Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 2 April to 24 April – Non sitting days
- 25 April – Anzac Day holiday (Public Holiday)
- 26 April to 13 May – Non sitting days
Winter (Budget) session
- 14 May – Budget, Both Chambers sit
- 15 to 16 May – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Wednesday 15 May
- 17 to 24 May – Non sitting days
- 27 to 30 May – House of Representatives sits, Senate Budget Estimates
- 31 May – Non sitting day
- 3 to 6 June – House of Representatives sits, Senate Budget Estimates
- 7 June – Non sitting day
- 10 June – Queen's birthday (Public Holiday)
- 11 to 14 June – Non sitting days
- 17 to 20 June –Both Chambers sit
- 21 June – Non sitting day
- 24 to 27 June –Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Tuesday 25 June
- 28 June to 19 August – Non sitting days.
Spring session
- 20 August to 22 August – Both Chambers sit
- 23 August – Non sitting day
- 26 August to 29 August – Both Chambers sit
- 30 August to 6 September – Non sitting days.
- 9 September to 12 September – Both Chambers sit
- 13 September – Non sitting day
- 16 to 19 September – Senate only sits, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Monday 16 September
- 20 to 27 September – Non sitting days.
- 30 September – ACT Family and Community Day (Public Holiday)
- 1 to 3 October – Both Chambers sit
- 4 October – Non sitting day
- 7 October – Labour Day (Public Holiday)
- 8 to 18 October – Non sitting days
- 21 to 24 October – House of Representatives sits, Senate Budget Estimates
- 28 to 31 October – Both Chambers sit
- 1 to 15 November – Non sitting days
- 18 to 21 November – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Thursday 21 November
- 22 November – Non sitting day
- 25 to 28 November –Both Chambers sit
- 29 November to 24 December – Non sitting days
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
- 27 to 31 December – Non sitting days