Senate Statistical Summary
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No. 7/2009 22 to 25 June 2009
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General
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22 to 25 June
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2009 to date
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Number of sitting days
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4
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25
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Average length of a sitting day
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8 hrs 48 mins
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9 hrs 27 mins
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Longest sitting day
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10 hrs 00 mins
(24 June)
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23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March)
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Shortest sitting day
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6 hrs 53 mins
(23 June)
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0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February)
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Hours of sitting
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35 hrs 14 mins
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236 hrs 26 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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11 hrs 45 mins
11 hrs 32 mins
4 hrs 21 mins
3 hrs 03 mins
2 hrs 18 mins
0 hrs 16 mins
1 hr 59 mins
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132 hrs 30 mins
50 hrs 29 mins
22 hrs 13 mins
10 hrs 14 mins
6 hrs 0 mins
3 hrs 19 mins
11 hrs 41 mins
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Questions placed on notice
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5^
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662*
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Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
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114
4 sitting days
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606
21 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice
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28.5
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28.9
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Petitions presented
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3
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24
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Signatories to petitions
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17 421
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32 020
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Divisions
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13
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91
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^ Questions placed on notice from 19 June to 25 June 2009 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 25 June 2009 inclusive
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Legislation
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Introduced in the Senate
- government bills
- private senators' bills
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4
4
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5
9
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Received from the House of Representatives
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9
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109
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Passed in the Senate
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12
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73
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Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper
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1
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17
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Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'
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5
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25
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Bills referred to committees
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19
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78
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Business conducted in the Senate 2009, to date
Business conducted in the Senate in the period 22 to 25 June 2009
Note: These figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates
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