General |
20 to 23 June |
2005 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
21 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
11 hrs 47 mins |
9 hrs 45 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
15 hrs 54 mins
(23 June 2005) |
15 hrs 54 mins
(23 June 2005) |
|
Shortest sitting day |
10 hrs 10 mins
(20 June 2005)
|
6 hrs 35 mins
(10 May 2005) |
| Hours of sitting |
47 hrs 08 mins |
204 hrs 43 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
20 hrs 36 mins
7 hrs 01 min
4 hrs 13 mins
—
2 hrs 32 mins
10 hrs 37 mins
2 hrs 09 mins |
91 hrs 27 mins
45 hrs 49 mins
22 hrs 25 mins
5 hrs 11 mins
7 hrs 46 mins
15 hrs 08 mins
16 hrs 57 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
11^ |
810* |
|
Questions without notice (including supplementary
questions)
Question time held on: |
81
4 sitting days |
452
21 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
20.3 |
21.5 |
| Petitions presented |
5 |
25 |
| Signatories to petitions |
1560 |
3642 |
| Divisions |
14 |
43 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 17 June to 23 June 2005
inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 10 December 2004 to 23 June
2005 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
7
3 |
14
7 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
9 |
95 |
| Passed in the Senate |
23 |
104 |
| Bills negatived |
0 |
1 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
2 |
7 |
| Bills referred to committees |
1 |
32 |
