Origins and outcomes—2007
Origin
| On Senate Notice Paper as at 1 January 2007: |
| Government bills (originating in Senate 2006) |
7 |
| Government bills (received from House of Representatives, 2006) |
6 |
| Private senator's bills (originating in Senate 2000, 2002, 2006) |
4 |
| Introduced in the Senate: |
| Government bills |
12 |
| Private senator's bills |
26 |
| Received from the House of Representatives: |
| Government bills |
169 |
| Total |
224 |
Outcome
| Bills passed by the Senate: |
| Passed by both Houses: |
| Government bills |
184 |
| Still before the House of Representatives at the end of the 41st Parliament*: |
| Government bills |
2 |
| Bills still before the Senate at the end of the 41st Parliament*: |
| Government bills |
8 |
| Private senator's bills |
28 |
| Bills discharged from the Notice Paper |
| Private senator's bills |
2 |
| Total |
224 |
* The prorogation of the Parliament on 15 October 2007 brought the 41st Parliament to a close. All items remaining on the Notice Paper at that time, including bills, lapse before the commencement of the 42nd Parliament.
Bills on which there was a disagreement between the Houses:
| |
Total |
| Total |
1 |
Bills to which amendments and requests were moved during 2007
| |
Total |
| Bills to which second reading amendments were moved |
38 |
| Bills to which second reading amendments were agreed |
0 |
| Bills to which amendments were moved in committee of the whole |
60 |
| Bills to which amendments were agreed in committee of the whole |
19 |
| Bills to which requests were moved in committee of the whole |
6 |
| Bills to which requests were agreed in committee of the whole |
2 |
| Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and negatived in committee of the whole |
5 |
| Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and agreed to in committee of the whole |
19 |
Amendments and requests moved in committee of the whole
| Moved by |
Agreed to |
Negatived |
| Government |
381 |
0 |
| Opposition1 |
3 |
245 |
| Australian Democrats2 |
1 |
230 |
| Opposition/Australian Democrats |
0 |
4 |
| Australian Greens |
0 |
208 |
| Family First Party |
2 |
4 |
| Senator Humphries |
2 |
0 |
| Total |
389 |
691 |
| Total amendments, requests moved |
1086 |
1 2 amendments were moved and withdrawn
2 4 amendments were moved and withdrawn
These figures are broken down in detail under Committee of the Whole