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Autumn
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Budget/Winter
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Spring
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Spring (2)
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Total
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Number of sitting days 
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19
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11
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8
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11
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49
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Hours of sitting
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176 hrs 15 mins
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124 hrs 22 mins
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86 hrs 37 mins
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93 hrs 21 mins
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480 hrs 35 mins
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Average length of a sitting day
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9 hrs 17 mins
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11 hrs 18 mins
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10 hrs 50 mins
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8 hrs 29 mins
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9 hrs 48 mins
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Longest sitting day
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10 hrs 28 mins
(31 March 2004)
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30 hrs 21 mins
(24 and 25 June 2004)
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21 hrs 58 mins
(12 and 13 August 2004)
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10 hrs 16 mins
(7 December 2004)
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N/A
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Shortest sitting day
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7 hrs 39 mins
(23 March 2004)
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6 hrs 38 mins
(11 May 2004)
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7 hrs 44 mins
(3 August 2004)
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1 hr 57 mins
(16 November 2004)
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N/A
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|
Questions placed on notice
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316
(1/1 - 1/4)
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245
(2/4 - 30/6)
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130
(1/7 - 30/8)
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309
(16/11 - 31/12)
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1000
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Questions without notice*
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422
|
218
|
167
|
223
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1030
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| Question time held on: |
19 sitting days
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10 sitting days
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8 sitting days
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10 sitting days
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47 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice*
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22.2
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21.8
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20.9
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22.3
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21.9
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Petitions presented
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40
|
58
|
45
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37
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180
|
|
Signatories to petitions
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25 891
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52 298
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17 217
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11 825
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107 231
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| Delegated legislation- Notices of motion for disallowance: |
|
|
|
|
|
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Given
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4
|
1
|
6
|
8
|
19
|
|
Agreed to
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1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
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Negatived
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
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Withdrawn
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
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Still before the Senate
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2
|
0
|
6
|
6
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N/A
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Statements by the President and the Chair of Committees
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4
|
4
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2
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1
|
11
|
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Ministerial statements
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2
|
2
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0
|
1
|
5
|
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Matters of public importance
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4
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0
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
|
Urgency motions
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
|
Principal motions agreed to
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39
|
23
|
16
|
27
|
105
|
|
Condolence motions 
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0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
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Censure motions
|
1
|
1
|
0
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0
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2
|
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Orders for the production of documents
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6
|
8
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5
|
2
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21
|
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Government responses to committee reports tabled
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5
|
11
|
4
|
8
|
28
|
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Divisions
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39
|
43
|
32
|
19
|
133
|