Graphs—2009

1 January to 31 December 2009

Total time, by type of business

Total time by type of business: government business 202:45; general business 97:17; questions without notice 42:54; business of the Senate 18:12; urgency/MPI 17:23; other 4:58

Percentage of time, by type of business

Government business 55%; General business 24%; Questions 11%; MPI/Urgency 5%; Business of the Senate 4%; Other 1%

government legislation 54%
other government business 1%

Comparative charts - 2000 to 2009

Proportion of time spent according to the type of business

Number of sitting days

Number of sitting days 2000 to 2009 (* indicates election year): 2000 71; 2001* 52; 2002 60; 2003 64; 2004* 49; 2005 57; 2006 58; 2007* 41; 2008 52; 2009 53

Average length of a sitting day

Average length of a sitting day 2000 to 2009 (* indicates election year): 2000 8.88; 2001* 8.5; 2002 8.98; 2003 9.1; 2004* 9.8; 2005 9.52; 2006 9.85; 2007* 9.82; 2008 9.27; 2009 9.73

Total Senate sitting times

Total Senate sitting time 2000 to 2009 (* indicates election year): 2000 631.8; 2001 442.03; 2002 539.12; 2003 584.93; 2004* 480.58; 2005 542.67; 2006 571.53; 2007* 402.63; 2008 481.62; 2009 515.93

Average number of questions without notice asked per sitting day

Average number of questions asked per sitting day 2000 to 2009 (* indicates election year): 2000 22.8; 2001* 21.4; 2002 22.9; 2003 23; 2004* 21.9; 2005 20.2; 2006 19.8; 2007* 19.4; 2008 20.6; 2009 28.5

Bills passed both Houses

Number of bills passed both houses 2000 to 2009 (* indicates election year): 2000 174; 2001* 169; 2002 148; 2003 150; 2004* 158; 2005 164; 2006 173; 2007* 184; 2008 159; 2009 136

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