Origins and outcomes—2011
42nd Parliament
Origin
| On Senate or House of Representatives Notice Paper as at 1 January 2011: |
| Government bills (originating in Senate 2010) |
7 |
| Government bills (received from House of Representatives 2010) |
14 |
| Private senator's bill (originating in Senate 2010) |
10 |
| Private member's bill (originating in House of Representatives 2010) |
1 |
| Introduced in the Senate: |
| Government bills |
14 |
| Private senators' bills |
28 |
| Received from the House of Representatives: |
| Government bills |
167 |
| Private member's bills |
3 |
| Total |
244 |
Outcome
| Bills passed by the Senate: |
| Passed by both Houses: |
| Government bills |
114 |
| Private member's bills |
114 |
| Private senator's bill |
114 |
| Still before the House of Representatives: |
| Private senator's bill |
2 |
| House declined to consider bill: |
| Private senator's bill |
2 |
| Bills passed by the Senate in 2010, passed both Houses in 2011: |
| Government bills |
2 |
| Bills still before the Senate: |
| Government bills |
33 |
| Private senator's bills |
15 |
| Bills negatived in the Senate: |
| Negatived at second reading: |
| Private senator's bill |
1 |
| Negatived at third reading: |
| Private senator's bill |
1 |
| Discharged from the Senate Notice Paper: |
| Government bill |
33 |
| Private senator's bills |
15 |
| Private member's bills |
15 |
| Total |
169 |
Bills on which there was a disagreement between the Houses:
| |
Total |
| Total |
0 |
Bills to which amendments and requests were moved during 2011
| |
Total |
| Bills to which second reading amendments were moved |
17 |
| Bills to which second reading amendments were agreed |
6 |
| Bills to which amendments were moved in committee of the whole |
57 |
| Bills to which amendments were agreed in committee of the whole |
32 |
| Bills to which requests were moved in committee of the whole |
4 |
| Bills to which requests were agreed in committee of the whole |
1 |
| Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and negatived in committee of the whole |
6 |
| Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and agreed to in committee of the whole |
16 |
Amendments and requests moved in committee of the whole
| Moved by |
Agreed to |
Negatived |
| Government |
204 |
0 |
| Opposition1 |
11 |
257 |
| Australian Greens2 |
18 |
21 |
| Democratic Labor Party |
0 |
0 |
| Family First Party |
0 |
0 |
| Independent (Senator Xenophon) |
49 |
59 |
| Independent & Opposition3 |
0 |
3 |
| Independent & Australian Greens |
4 |
0 |
| Senator Brandis |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
290 |
342 |
| Total amendments, requests moved |
651 |
1 14 amendments were moved and subsequently withdrawn
2 1 amendment is pending
3 4 Opposition and Senator Xenophon amendments were moved and subsequently withdrawn
These figures are broken down in detail under Committee of the Whole