General |
22 to 25 June |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
25 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
8 hrs 48 mins |
9 hrs 27 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 00 mins
(24 June) |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
| Shortest sitting day |
6 hrs 53 mins
(23 June) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
35 hrs 14 mins |
236 hrs 26 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
11 hrs 45 mins
11 hrs 32 mins
4 hrs 21 mins
3 hrs 03 mins
2 hrs 18 mins
0 hrs 16 mins
1 hr 59 mins |
132 hrs 30 mins
50 hrs 29 mins
22 hrs 13 mins
10 hrs 14 mins
6 hrs 0 mins
3 hrs 19 mins
11 hrs 41 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
5^ |
662* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
114
4 sitting days |
606
21 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
28.5 |
28.9 |
| Petitions presented |
3 |
24 |
| Signatories to petitions |
17 421 |
32 020 |
| Divisions |
13 |
91 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 19 June to 25 June 2009
inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 25 June
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
|
Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
4
4 |
5
9 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
9 |
109 |
| Passed in the Senate |
12 |
73 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
1 |
17 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
5 |
25 |
| Bills referred to committees |
19 |
78 |
