General |
11 to 13 August |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
3 |
28 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 20 mins |
9 hrs 27 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
9 hrs 38 mins
(11 August) |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
| Shortest sitting day |
8 hrs 47 mins
(13 August) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
27 hrs 59 mins |
264 hrs 25 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
12 hrs 57 mins
8 hrs 01 min
3 hrs 08 mins
—
1 hr 55 mins
0 hrs 52 mins
1 hr 06 mins |
145 hrs 27 mins
58 hrs 30 mins
25 hrs 21 mins
10 hrs 14 mins
7 hrs 55 mins
4 hrs 11 mins
12 hrs 47 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
276^ |
938* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
84
3 sitting days |
690
24 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
28 |
28.8 |
| Notices of motion given |
26 |
254 |
| Petitions presented |
4 |
28 |
| Signatories to petitions |
1 127 |
33 147 |
| Divisions |
8 |
99 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 26 June to 13 August 2009
inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 13 August
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
0
0 |
5
9 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
3 |
112 |
| Passed in the Senate |
5 |
78 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
11 |
28 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
0 |
25 |
| Bills referred to committees |
2 |
80 |
