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| Withdrawn |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