Legislation statistics 2002
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Bills considered by the Senate in the period 1 January to 31 December 2002
Origin
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Introduced in the Senate (1 January to 31 December 2002):
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Government bills
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12
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Private senators' bills
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15
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Total
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27
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Received from the House of Representatives (1 January to 31 December 2002):*
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Government bills
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168
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| Bills restored to Senate Notice Paper |
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Private senators' bills |
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22
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| Bills created by division of bill in Senate |
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1
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Total
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218
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Outcome
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Bills passed by the Senate:
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Passed by both Houses:
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Government bills
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148
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Still before the House of Representatives: |
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Government bills
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3
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Laid aside by the House of Representatives:
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Government bills
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3
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Total
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154
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Bills negatived in the Senate:
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Negatived at second reading
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3
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Negatived at third reading
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2
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Total
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5
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Bills discharged from the Notice Paper:
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Government bill
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1
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Private senator's bill
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1
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Total
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2
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Bills still before the Senate:
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Government bills
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20
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Private senators' bills
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36
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Total
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56
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Government bill with Senate amendments not agreed to by House of Representatives, message not yet reported in Senate
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1
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Total
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218
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* A message was reported transmitting the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Disability Reform) Bill 2002, but no motion was moved to have the message considered by the Senate. Consequently that bill is not included in these statistics.
Bills on which there was a disagreement between the Houses: 
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12
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Bills to which amendments and requests were moved during 2002
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Bills to which second reading amendments were moved
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35
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Bills to which second reading amendments were agreed
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22
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Bills to which amendments were moved in committee of the whole
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49
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Bills to which amendments were agreed in committee of the whole
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36
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Bills to which requests were moved in committee of the whole
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5
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Bills to which requests were agreed in committee of the whole
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2
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Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and negatived in committee of the whole
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12
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Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and agreed to in committee of the whole
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11
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Amendments and requests moved in committee of the whole
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Moved by
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Amendments
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Requests
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Agreed to
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Negatived
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Agreed to
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Negatived
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Government
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181
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10
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0
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0
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Opposition1
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160
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18
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2
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0
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Australian Democrats2
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77
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127
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0
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4
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Independent (Harradine)3
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1
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21
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0
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0
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| Independent (Lees) |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| Independent (Murphy) |
2
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5
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0
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0
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Australian Greens
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1
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54
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0
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0
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One Nation
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0
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8
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0
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0
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Senator Abetz
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0
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16
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0
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0
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| Senator Barnett4 |
5
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7
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0
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0
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Senator Bishop5
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2
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3
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0
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0
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| Senator Boswell |
0
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2
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0
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0
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| Senator Collins |
3
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2
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0
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0
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| Senator Hogg6 |
1
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5
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0
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0
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Senators McLucas and Stott Despoja
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2
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0
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0
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0
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| Senator Nettle |
0
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7
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0
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0
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Total
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435
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285
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2
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4
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1 1 amendment was moved and subsequently withdrawn.
2 2 amendments were moved and subsequently withdrawn.
3 18 amendments were moved and subsequently withdrawn.
4 1 amendment was moved and subsequently withdrawn.
5 1 amendment was moved and subsequently withdrawn.
6 1 amendment was moved and subsequently withdrawn.
| Total amendments moved |
744
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| Total requests moved |
6
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