General statistics—2002
| |
Summer/Autumn |
Budget/Winter |
Spring |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
10 |
11 |
39 |
60 |
| 97 hrs 51 mins |
99 hrs 49 mins |
341 hrs 27 mins |
539 hrs 07 mins |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 47 mins |
9 hrs 04 mins |
8 hrs 45 mins |
8 hrs 59 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
14 hrs 51 mins
(14 March 2002) |
17 hrs 50 mins
(27 June 2002) |
22 hrs 54 mins
(12 December 2002) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
3 hrs 24 mins
(12 February 2002) |
1 hr 13 mins
(17 June 2002) |
02 mins
(24 October 2002) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
208
(1/1 - 21/3) |
201
(22/3 - 30/6) |
645
(1/7 - 31/12) |
1054 |
| Questions without notice* |
214 |
219 |
803 |
1236 |
| Question time held on: |
9 sitting days |
10 sitting days |
35 sitting days |
54 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
23.8 |
21.9 |
22.9 |
22.9 |
| Petitions presented |
21 |
8 |
70 |
99 |
| Signatories to petitions |
7894 |
2257 |
35 508 |
45 659 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
5 |
8 |
12 |
25 |
| Agreed to |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
| Negatived |
0 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
| Withdrawn |
0 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
| Still before the Senate |
4 |
7 |
1 |
N/A |
| Statements by the President and the Chair of Committees |
5 |
4 |
14 |
23 |
| Ministerial statements |
0 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
| Matters of public importance |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Urgency motions |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
21 |
13 |
72 |
106 |
| Condolence motions |
4 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
| Censure motions |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
4 |
9 |
23 |
36 |
| Government responses to committee reports tabled |
1 |
15 |
23 |
39 |
| Divisions |
20 |
19 |
80 |
119 |
* Includes supplementary questions.