General statistics—2005
| |
Summer/Autumn |
Budget/Winter |
Spring |
Spring (2) |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
11 |
10 |
21 |
15 |
57 |
| 101 hrs 50 mins |
102 hrs 53 mins |
191 hrs 55 mins |
146 hrs 02 mins |
542 hrs 40 mins |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 15 mins |
10 hrs 17 mins |
9 hrs 08 mins |
9 hrs 44 mins |
9 hrs 31 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 18 mins
(16 March) |
15 hrs 54 mins
(23 June) |
10 hrs 59 mins
(13 October) |
13 hrs 11 mins
(8 December) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
8 hrs 02 mins
(8 February) |
6 hrs 35 mins
(10 May) |
3 hrs 10 mins
(4 October) |
4 hrs 31 mins
(3 November) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
166
(1/1 - 17/3) |
540
(18/3 - 30/6) |
294
(1/7 - 13/10) |
149
(14/10 - 31/12) |
1149 |
| Questions without notice* |
242 |
210 |
408 |
209 |
1069 |
| Question time held on: |
11 sitting days |
10 sitting days |
20 sitting days |
12 sitting days |
53 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
22 |
21 |
20.4 |
17.4 |
20.2 |
| Petitions presented |
10 |
15 |
34 |
27 |
86 |
| Signatories to petitions |
741 |
2901 |
33 443 |
26 972 |
64 057 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
33 |
5 |
22 |
7 |
67 |
| Agreed to |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Negatived |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
| Withdrawn |
34 |
2 |
12 |
11 |
59 |
| Still before the Senate |
4 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
N/A |
| Statements by the President, Deputy President and the Chair of Committees |
2 |
3 |
11 |
5 |
21 |
| Ministerial statements |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| Matters of public importance |
3 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
14 |
| Urgency motions |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
35 |
29 |
33 |
25 |
122 |
| Condolence motions |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
| Censure motions |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
6 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Government responses to committee reports tabled |
5 |
8 |
10 |
16 |
39 |
| Divisions |
13 |
30 |
80 |
94 |
217 |
* Includes supplementary questions.