General |
12 to 14 May |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
3 |
17 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
8 hrs 41 mins |
9 hrs 40 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 3 mins
(13 May) |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
| Shortest sitting day |
6 hrs 02 mins
(12 May) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
26 hrs 02 mins |
164 hrs 16 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
8 hrs 51 mins
7 hrs 15 mins
3 hrs 11 mins
2 hrs 02 mins
2 hrs 55 mins
0 hrs 32 mins
1 hr 16 mins |
101 hrs 00 mins
29 hrs 28 mins
13 hrs 49 mins
6 hrs 10 mins
3 hrs 39 mins
2 hrs 59 mins
7 hrs 11 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
61^ |
346* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
92
3 sitting days |
381
13 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
30.7 |
29.3 |
| Petitions presented |
10 |
17 |
| Signatories to petitions |
2179 |
14 397 |
| Divisions |
8 |
64 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 23 March to 14 May 2009
inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 14 May
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
0
3 |
1
4 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
7 |
56 |
| Passed in the Senate |
9 |
39 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
0 |
12 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
5 |
20 |
| Bills referred to committees |
13 |
37 |
