General statistics—2007
| |
Autumn |
Budget/Winter |
Spring/Spring (2) |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
15 |
11 |
15 |
41 |
| 141 hrs 48 mins |
106 hrs 27 mins |
154 hrs 23 mins |
402 hrs 38 mins |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 27 mins |
9 hrs 41 mins |
10 hrs 18 mins |
9 hrs 49 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
12 hrs 28 mins
(22 March) |
12 hrs 53 mins
(14 June) |
20 hrs 34 mins
(16 and 17 August) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
6 hrs 25 mins
(23 March) |
4 hrs 24 mins
(8 May) |
7 hrs 10 mins
(7 August) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
139
(1/1 - 29/3) |
305
(30/3 - 30/6) |
83
(1/7 - 20/9) |
527 |
| Questions without notice* |
272 |
179 |
286 |
737 |
| Question time held on: |
14 sitting days |
9 sitting days |
15 sitting days |
38 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
19.4 |
19.9 |
19.1 |
19.4 |
| Petitions presented |
36 |
15 |
27 |
77 |
| Signatories to petitions |
19 898 |
13 342 |
32 873 |
66 113 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
3 |
5 |
21 |
29 |
| Agreed to |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Negatived |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Withdrawn |
11 |
4 |
4 |
19 |
| Still before the Senate |
3 |
3 |
18 |
N/A |
| Statements by the President, Deputy President and the Chair of Committees |
3 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
| Ministerial statements |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Matters of public importance |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
| Urgency motions |
5 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
19 |
13 |
16 |
48 |
| Condolence motions |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Censure motions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Government responses to committee reports tabled |
9 |
14 |
22 |
45 |
| Divisions |
68 |
47 |
82 |
197 |
* Includes supplementary questions.