Proportion of time spent according to the type of business 2011 - 2020


as at 30 June 2018

2011 2012 2013* 2014 2015 2016* 2017 2018 2019 2020
Government business 44 50 43 40 47 46 42 42
General business 32 29 33 34 30 31 35 33
Questions 10 10 11 11 12 10 11 11
Business of the Senate 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3
Urgency/MPI 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 7
Other 6 3 4 5 3 3 3 4

All figures are in percentages
* Indicates an election year

Proportion of time spent according to the type of business: 2007 to 2017

Proportion of time spent according to the type of business from 2011 to 2016 

* indicates an election year