Appendix E: Members listed by the type and number of disciplinary actions taken against them

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Year Number of consecutive weeks (‘sitting fortnights’) Number of consecutive weeks where the number of disciplinary actions was less in the second week than the first week Number of consecutive weeks where the number of disciplinary actions was the same in the second week as the first week Number  of consecutive weeks where the number of disciplinary actions was more in the second week than the first week Number (%) of consecutive weeks where the number of disciplinary actions was the same or more than the first week
1990 4 0 2 2 4 (100.0)
1991 8 0 6 2 8 (100.0)
1992 7 2 2 3 5 (71.4)
1993 6 1 2 3 5 (83.3)
1994 7 1 5 1 6 (85.7)
1995 8 4 1 3 4 (50.0)
1996 7 3 1 3 4 (57.1)
1997 9 6 0 3 3 (33.3)
1998 5 3 0 2 2 (40.0)
1999 7 4 1 2 3 (42.9)
2000 8 2 1 5 6 (75.0)
2001 5 2 2 1 3 (60.0)
2002 7 1 1 5 6 (85.7)
2003 8 2 0 6 6 (75.0)
2004 7 2 1 4 5 (71.4)
2005 8 1 1 6 7 (87.5)
2006 6 3 1 2 3 (50.0)
2007 6 2 1 3 4 (66.7)
2008 8 1 1 6 7 (87.5)
2009 8 3 0 5 5 (62.5)
2010 6 1 2 3 5 (83.3)
2011 6 3 1 2 3 (50.0)
2012 6 1 0 5 5 (83.3)
2013 (to 12 August) 4 1 1 2 3 (75.0)
Total 161 49 (30.4%) 33 (20.5%) 79 (49.1%) 112 (69.6)

Key: The member’s party affiliation is that when they were disciplined. ALP – Australian Labor Party; LP – Liberal Party; NP – National Party; CP – Country Party; NAT – Nationalist Party; ALP (A–C) – ALP (Anti-Communist); LANG LAB – Lang Labor; FT – Free Trade; IND – Independent; UAP – United Australia Party

 


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