General |
9 to 12 February |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
7 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
7 hrs 05 mins |
7 hrs 48 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 21 mins
(12 and 13 February) |
10 hrs 21 mins
(12 and 13 February) |
| Shortest sitting day |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
28 hrs 22 mins |
54 hrs 35 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
23 hrs 32 mins
2 hrs 56 mins
—
—
—
0 hrs 49 mins
1 hr 05 mins |
39 hrs 33 mins
7 hrs 01 min
3 hrs 16 mins
1 hr 02 mins
—
1 hr 31 mins
2 hrs 12 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
11^ |
132* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
0
0 sitting days |
89
3 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
0 |
29.7 |
| Petitions presented |
3 |
6 |
| Signatories to petitions |
8 421 |
12 086 |
| Divisions |
10 |
18 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 6 to 13 February 2009 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 13 February
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
0
0 |
0
0 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
14 |
24 |
| Passed in the Senate |
6 |
11 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
6 |
9 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
6 |
12 |
| Bills referred to committees |
7 |
13 |
