Senate Statistical Summary 15/2012
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No. 15/2012 26 to 29 November 2012
General
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26 to 29 November
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2012
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Number of sitting days
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4
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57
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Average length of a sitting day
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11 hrs 44 mins
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10 hrs 22 mins
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Longest sitting day
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13 hrs 39 mins
(29 November)
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17 hrs 23 mins
(28 June)
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Shortest sitting day
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10 hrs 17 mins
(28 November)
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5 hrs
(8 May)
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Hours of sitting
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46 hrs 55 mins
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591 hrs 12 mins
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Business conducted in the Senate
- government business
- general business
including time spent on private senators' bills
- questions without notice
- urgency/MPI
- business of the Senate
- other
- adjournment debate
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24 hrs 15 mins
10 hrs 16 mins
3 hrs 17 mins
4 hrs 09 mins
1 hr 01 min
1 hr 53 mins
1 hr 02 mins
4 hrs 19 mins
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268 hrs 08 mins
156 hrs 29 mins
33 hrs 29 mins
55 hrs 41 mins
30 hrs 24 mins
11 hrs 29 mins
14 hrs 21 mins
54 hrs 40 mins
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Questions placed on notice
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77^
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1164*
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Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
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111
4 sitting days
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1492
53 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice
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27.8
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28.2
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Notices of motion given
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38
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581
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Petitions presented
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3
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40
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Signatories to petitions
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5 875
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85 475
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Divisions
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35
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342
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^ Questions placed on notice from 23 to 29 November inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 28 November 2011 to 29 November 2012 inclusive
Legislation
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Introduced in the Senate
- government bills
- private senators' bills
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2
5
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4
27
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Received from the House of Representatives
- government bills
- private members' bills
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10
0
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200
1
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Passed in the Senate
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27
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207
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Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper
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1
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9
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Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'
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10
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55
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Bills referred to committees
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13
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100
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Business conducted in the Senate 2012
Business conducted in the Senate in the period 26 to 29 November 2012
Note: These figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates