General |
14 to 17 March |
2005 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
11 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 36 mins |
9 hrs 15 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 18 mins
(16 March 2005) |
10 hrs 18 mins
(16 March 2005) |
|
Shortest sitting day |
8 hrs 57 mins
(14 March 2005)
|
8 hrs 02 mins
(8 February 2005) |
| Hours of sitting |
38 hrs 26 mins |
101 hrs 50 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
19 hrs 52 mins
7 hrs 16 mins
4 hrs 21 mins
1 hr 03 mins
1 hr 11 mins
0 hrs 04 mins
4 hrs 39 mins |
47 hrs 51 mins
23 hrs 48 mins
11 hrs 59 mins
4 hrs 10 mins
2 hrs 35 mins
0 hrs 14 mins
11 hrs 13 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
25^ |
304* |
|
Questions without notice (including supplementary
questions)
Question time held on: |
88
4 sitting days |
242
11 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
22 |
22 |
| Petitions presented |
7 |
10 |
| Signatories to petitions |
94 |
741 |
| Divisions |
7 |
13 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 11 March to 17 March 2005
inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 10 December 2004 to 17 March
2005 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
6
0 |
6
1 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
2 |
48 |
| Passed in the Senate |
19 |
54 |
| Bills negatived |
0 |
0 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
2 |
4 |
| Bills referred to committees |
8 |
16 |
