Origins and outcomes—2008
Origin
| Introduced in the Senate: |
| Government bills |
17 |
| Private senator's bills |
34 |
| Second reading moved again: |
| Government bills |
4 |
| Received from the House of Representatives: |
| Government bills |
165 |
| Restored to the Notice Paper: |
| Private senator's bills |
40 |
| Total |
260 |
Outcome
| Bills passed by the Senate: |
| Passed by both Houses: |
| Government bills |
159 |
| Still before the House of Representatives: |
| Government bills |
2 |
| Private senator's bill |
1 |
| Not yet introduced into the House of Representatives: |
| Government bill |
1 |
| Laid aside by the House of Representatives: |
| Government bill |
1 |
| Bills still before the Senate: |
| Government bills |
11 |
| Private senator's bills |
70 |
| Bills negatived in the Senate: |
| Negatived at second reading: |
| Government bills |
11 |
| Private senator's bill |
1 |
| Negatived at third reading: |
| Government bill |
1 |
| Bills discharged from the Notice Paper |
| Government bill |
1 |
| Private senator's bill |
1 |
| Total |
260 |
Bills on which there was a disagreement between the Houses:
| |
Total |
| Total |
10 |
Bills to which amendments and requests were moved during 2008
| |
Total |
| Bills to which second reading amendments were moved |
13 |
| Bills to which second reading amendments were agreed |
7 |
| Bills to which amendments were moved in committee of the whole |
43 |
| Bills to which amendments were agreed in committee of the whole |
30 |
| Bills to which requests were moved in committee of the whole |
10 |
| Bills to which requests were agreed in committee of the whole |
9 |
| Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and negatived in committee of the whole |
14 |
| Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and agreed to in committee of the whole |
6 |
Amendments and requests moved in committee of the whole
| Moved by |
Agreed to |
Negatived |
| Government |
341 |
3 |
| Opposition1 |
189 |
20 |
| Australian Democrats |
2 |
52 |
| Australian Greens2 |
12 |
147 |
| Family First Party |
3 |
11 |
| Independent (Senator Xenophon)3 |
9 |
3 |
| Opposition/Australian Greens |
11 |
0 |
| Australian Greens/Independent |
6 |
0 |
| Australian Greens/Senator Joyce/Independent |
0 |
2 |
| Senators Macdonald and Boswell |
1 |
0 |
| Senator Troeth |
11 |
0 |
| Total |
585 |
238 |
| Total amendments, requests moved |
833 |
1 2 amendments withdrawn
2 1 amendments withdrawn
3 7 amendments withdrawn
These figures are broken down in detail under Committee of the Whole