This appendix contains summary information on the business of the House and Federation Chamber in 2016–17.
Meetings of the House of Representatives, 2016–17
|
Events
|
Spring 2016
|
Autumn–Winter 2017
|
Total
|
|
Sitting weeks
|
7
|
10
|
17
|
|
Sitting days
|
27
|
37
|
64
|
|
Hours of sittinga
|
|
|
|
|
including suspensions
|
251
|
364
|
615
|
|
excluding suspensions
|
241
|
330
|
571
|
|
Sittings after midnight
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Government bills introducedb
|
99
|
114
|
213
|
|
Private members’ bills introducedc
|
17
|
18
|
35
|
|
Private members’ motions moved
|
14
|
11
|
25
|
|
Committee reports presented
|
36
|
64
|
100
|
|
Days on which
|
|
|
|
|
the adjournment motion was debated
|
22
|
33
|
55
|
|
matters of public importance were discussed
|
20
|
29
|
49
|
|
private members’ business occurred
|
6
|
7
|
13
|
|
Divisions
|
135
|
108
|
243
|
|
Closure of question agreed to
|
35
|
23
|
58
|
|
Closure of member agreed to
|
24
|
14
|
38
|
|
Bills guillotined
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
a. Hours are rounded to the nearest hour.
b. Includes seven Senate bills.
c. Includes two private senators’ bills.
Meetings of the Federation Chamber, 2016–17
|
Events
|
Spring 2016
|
Autumn–Winter 2017
|
Total
|
|
Number of meetings
|
23
|
36
|
59
|
|
Hours of meeting (excluding suspensions)a
|
87
|
150
|
237
|
|
Bills referred
|
7
|
6
|
13
|
|
Private members’ bills debated
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Private members’ motions moved
|
47
|
60
|
107
|
|
Committee reports presented
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Committee and delegation reports referred
|
7
|
14
|
21
|
|
Other documents debated
|
4
|
6
|
10
|
|
Days on which
|
|
|
|
|
the adjournment motion was debated
|
6
|
9
|
15
|
|
grievance debate occurred
|
6
|
8
|
14
|
|
private members’ business occurred
|
6
|
7
|
13
|
a. Hours are rounded to the nearest hour.
Bills and amendments dealt with by the House of Representatives (including the Federation Chamber), 2012–13 to 2016–17
|
Events
|
2012–13
|
2013–14
|
2014–15
|
2015–16
|
2016–17
|
|
Government bills introduced (including bills brought from the Senate)
|
209
|
175
|
191
|
141
|
213
|
|
Initiated in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
the House
|
206
|
173
|
181
|
136
|
206
|
|
the Senate
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
5
|
7
|
|
Private members’ bills introduceda
|
32
|
7
|
12
|
21
|
35
|
|
Second-reading amendments moved
|
9
|
36
|
22
|
16
|
40
|
|
Consideration-in-detail amendments moved
|
|
government
|
701
|
14
|
215
|
60
|
58
|
|
opposition
|
140
|
50
|
62
|
38
|
44
|
|
non-aligned
|
82
|
2
|
26
|
21
|
71
|
|
amendments to private members’ bills
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Consideration-in-detail amendments passed
|
|
government
|
701
|
14
|
215
|
60
|
58
|
|
opposition
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
|
non-aligned
|
22
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
amendments to private members’ bills
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
a. Includes private senators’ bills.
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