Senate Statistical Summary
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No. 8/2005 16 to 18 August 2005
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General
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16 to 18 August
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2005 to date
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Number of sitting days
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3
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27
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Average length of a sitting day
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8 hrs 37 mins
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9 hrs 34 mins
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Longest sitting day
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10 hrs 58 mins
(18 August 2005)
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15 hrs 54 mins
(23 June 2005)
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Shortest sitting day
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7 hrs 24 mins
(16 August 2005)
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6 hrs 35 mins
(10 May 2005)
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Hours of sitting
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25 hrs 52 mins
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258 hrs 06 mins
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Business conducted in the Senate
- government business
- general business
- questions without notice
- urgency/MPI
- business of the Senate
- other
- adjournment debate
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6 hrs 19 mins
7 hrs 52 mins
3 hrs 08 mins
2 hrs 57 mins
1 hr 40 mins
2 hrs 26 mins
1 hr 30 mins
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102 hrs 15 mins
65 hrs 21 mins
28 hrs 56 mins
8 hrs 47 mins
10 hrs 04 mins
21 hrs 45 mins
20 hrs 58 mins
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Questions placed on notice
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21^
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927*
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Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
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60
3 sitting days
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576
27 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice
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20
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21.3
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Petitions presented
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5
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37
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Signatories to petitions
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6 799
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30 296
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Divisions
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7
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56
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^ Questions placed on notice from 12 August to 18 August 2005 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 10 December 2004 to 18 August 2005 inclusive
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Legislation
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Introduced in the Senate
- government bills
- private senators' bills
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1
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16
7
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Received from the House of Representatives
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11
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112
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Passed in the Senate
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5
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112
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Bills negatived
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0
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1
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Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'
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3
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10
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Bills referred to committees
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0
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36
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Restored to Notice Paper
- government bills
- private senators' bills
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0
0
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1
1
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Business conducted in the Senate 2005, to date
Business conducted in the Senate in the period 16 to 18 August 2005
Note: These figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates
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