Graphs—2010

1 January to 31 December 2010

Total time, by type of business

Total time by type of business: government business 144:19; general business 107:22; questions without notice 39:10; business of the Senate 9:39; urgency/MPI 23:29; other 5:22

Percentage of time, by type of business

Government business 44%; General business 33%; Questions 12%; MPI/Urgency 7%; Business of the Senate 3%; Other 2%

government legislation 35%
other government business 9%

Comparative charts - 2001 to 2010

Proportion of time spent according to the type of business

Number of sitting days

Number of sitting days 2001 to 2010 (* indicates election year): 2001* 52; 2002 60; 2003 64; 2004* 49; 2005 57; 2006 58; 2007* 41; 2008 52; 2009 53; 2010* 40

Average length of a sitting day

Average length of a sitting day 2001 to 2010 (* indicates election year): 2001* 8.5; 2002 8.98; 2003 9.1; 2004* 9.8; 2005 9.52; 2006 9.85; 2007* 9.82; 2008 9.27; 2009 9.73; 2010* 8.97

Total Senate sitting times

Total Senate sitting time 2001 to 2010 (* indicates election year): 2001 442.03; 2002 539.12; 2003 584.93; 2004* 480.58; 2005 542.67; 2006 571.53; 2007* 402.63; 2008 481.62; 2009 515.93; 2010* 358.73

Average number of questions without notice asked per sitting day

Average number of questions asked per sitting day 2001 to 2010 (* indicates election year): 2001* 21.4; 2002 22.9; 2003 23; 2004* 21.9; 2005 20.2; 2006 19.8; 2007* 19.4; 2008 20.6; 2009 28.5; 2010* 28.4

Bills passed both Houses

Number of bills passed both houses 2001 to 2010 (* indicates election year): 2001* 169; 2002 148; 2003 150; 2004* 158; 2005 164; 2006 173; 2007* 184; 2008 159; 2009 136; 2010* 150

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