General |
7 to 10 September |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
36 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 06 mins |
9 hrs 21 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 16 mins
(9 September) |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
| Shortest sitting day |
8 hrs 02 mins
(8 September) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
36 hrs 24 mins |
336 hrs 48 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
14 hrs 11 mins
8 hrs 25 mins
4 hrs 26 mins
2 hrs 10 mins
3 hrs 51 mins
0 hrs 05 mins
3 hrs 16 mins |
178 hrs 53 mins
76 hrs 25 mins
34 hrs 11 mins
12 hrs 24 mins
12 hrs 03 mins
4 hrs 24 mins
18 hrs 28 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
55^ |
998* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
111
4 sitting days |
909
32 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
27.8 |
28.4 |
| Notices of motion given |
31 |
310 |
| Petitions presented |
4 |
34 |
| Signatories to petitions |
19 159 |
83 465 |
| Divisions |
12 |
122 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 21 August to 10 September
2009 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 10 September
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
2
1 |
7
12 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
16 |
136 |
| Passed in the Senate |
12 |
93 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
3 |
32 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
2 |
27 |
| Bills referred to committees |
3 |
85 |
