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Autumn
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Winter/Budget
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Spring
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Summer
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Total
|
|
Number of sitting days 
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19
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15
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12
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25
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71
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Hours of sitting
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159 hrs 03 mins
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133 hrs 23 mins
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103 hrs 15 mins
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236 hrs 09 mins
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631 hrs 50 mins
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Average length of a sitting day
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8 hrs 22 mins
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8 hrs 53 mins
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8 hrs 36 mins
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9 hrs 26 mins
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8 hrs 53 mins
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Longest sitting day
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10 hrs 20 mins
(6 March 2000)
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15 hrs 18 mins
(29 June 2000)
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10 hrs 21 mins
(30 August 2000)
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19 hrs 45 mins
(7 December 2000)
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Shortest sitting day
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4 hrs 41 mins
(7 March 2000)
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4 hrs 36 mins
(9 May 2000)
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5 hrs 25 mins
(15 August 2000)
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4 hrs 00 mins
( 10 October 2000)
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|
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Questions placed on notice
|
314
(1/1 - 13/4)
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386
(14/4 - 30/6)
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351
(1/7 - 7/9)
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341
(8/9 - 31/12)
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1 392
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Questions without notice*
|
430
|
336
|
287
|
520
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1573
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Question time
held on:
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19 sitting days
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15 sitting days
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12 sitting days
|
23 sitting days
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69 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice*
|
22.6
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22.3
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24
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22.6
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22.8
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Petitions presented
|
57
|
45
|
22
|
26
|
150
|
|
Signatories to petitions
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42 371
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194 069
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162 306
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40 262
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439 008
|
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Delegated legislation Notices of motion for disallowance:
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Given
|
31
|
30
|
19
|
32
|
112
|
|
Agreed to
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
14
|
|
Negatived
|
3
|
-
|
8
|
6
|
18
|
|
Withdrawn
|
9
|
25
|
14
|
37
|
85
|
|
Still before the Senate
|
19
|
29
|
19
|
2
|
|
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Statements by the President and the Chair of Committees
|
3
|
12
|
4
|
4
|
23
|
|
Ministerial statements
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
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Matters of public importance
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
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Urgency motions
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
|
Principal motions agreed to
|
41
|
19
|
24
|
30
|
113
|
|
Condolence motions
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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Censure motions
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
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Orders for the production of documents
|
6
|
6
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4
|
6
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22
|
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Government responses to committee reports tabled
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
13
|
35
|
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Divisions
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26
|
11
|
27
|
51
|
115
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