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41st Parliament—2004—2007

Session	Sitting dates	Business time	Adjournment time	Total time	Total time spent on legislation	% of business time spent on legislation
Spring 2004	16 November - 9 December 2004	86 hrs 47 mins	6 hrs 34 mins	93 hrs 21 mins	39 hrs 42 mins	45.7%
Summer 2005	8 February - 10 February 2005	24 hrs 25 mins	2 hrs 45 mins	27 hrs 10 mins	8 hrs 36 mins	35.2%
Autumn 2005	7 March - 17 March 2005	66 hrs 12 mins	8 hrs 28 mins	74 hrs 40 mins	34 hrs 10 mins	51.6%
Budget 2005	10 May - 12 May 2005	24 hrs 15 mins	1 hr 51 mins	26 hrs 06 mins	4 hrs 09 mins	17.1%
Winter 2005	14 June - 23 June 2005	72 hrs 54 mins	3 hrs 53 mins	76 hrs 47 mins	36 hrs 37 mins	50.2%
Spring 2005	9 August - 13 October 2005	179 hrs 41mins	12 hrs 14 mins	191 hrs 55 mins	49 hrs 51 mins	27.7%
Spring (2) 2005	3 November - 9 December 2005	139 hrs 40 mins	6 hrs 22 mins	146 hrs 02 mins	82 hrs 09 mins	58.8%
Summer 2006	7 February - 2 March 2006	61 hrs 11 mins	4 hrs 46 mins	65 hrs 57 mins	19 hrs 49 mins*	32.4%
Autumn 2006	27 March - 30 March 2006	42 hrs 17 mins	2 hrs 40 mins	44 hrs 57 mins	26 hrs 32 mins	62.8%
Budget 2006	9 May - 11 May 2006	24 hrs 24 mins	1 hr 24 mins	25 hrs 48 mins	10 hrs 35 mins	43.4%
Winter 2006	13 June - 22 June 2006	80 hrs 57 mins	6 hrs 01 min	86 hrs 58 mins	44 hrs 16 mins	54.7%
Spring 2006	8 August - 14 September 2006	125 hrs 19 mins	12 hrs 06 mins	137 hrs 25 mins	42 hrs 55 mins	34.2%
Spring (2) 2006	9 October - 7 December 2006	196 hrs 41 mins	13 hrs 46 mins	210 hrs 27 mins	91 hrs 35 mins⁺	46.6%
Autumn 2007	6 February - 29 March 2007	130 hrs 11 mins	11 hrs 37 mins	141 hrs 48 mins	60 hrs 01 min	46.1%
Budget 2007	8 May - 10 May 2007	23 hrs 19 mins	1 hr 17 mins	24 hrs 36 mins	6 hrs 55 mins	29.7%
Winter 2007	12 June - 21 June 2007	74 hrs 47 mins	7 hrs 04 mins	81 hrs 51 mins	48 hrs 39 mins	65.1%
Spring 2007	7 August - 16 August 2007	71 hrs 51 mins	3 hrs 52 mins	75 hrs 43 mins	39 hrs 24 mins	54.8%
Spring (2) 2007	10 September - 20 September 2007	72 hrs 51 mins	5 hrs 49 mins	78 hrs 40 mins	37 hrs 13 mins	51.1%
Total		1497 hrs 42 mins	112 hrs 29 mins	1610 hrs 11 mins	683 hrs 08 mins	*45.6%*

* This figure does not include time spent on the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486 Bill 2005 [2006] which was a private senators' bill.

+ This figure does not include time spent on the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 which was a private senators' bill.