Origins and outcomes—2002

Bills considered by the Senate

Origin
Introduced in the Senate:
Government bills 12
Private senator's bills 15
Received from the House of Representatives:*
Government bills 168
Bills restored to Senate Notice Paper
Private senator's bills 22
Bill created by division of bill in Senate 1
Total 218
Outcome
Bills passed by the Senate:
Passed by both Houses:
Government bills 148
Still before the House of Representatives:
Government bills 3
Laid aside by the House of Representatives:
Government bills 3
Bills negatived in the Senate:
Negatived at second reading 3
Negatived at third reading 2
Bills discharged from the Notice Paper:
Government bill 1
Private senator's bill 1
Bills still before the Senate:
Government bills 20
Private senator's bills 36
Government bill with Senate amendments not agreed to by House of Representatives, message not yet reported in Senate 1
Total 218

* A message was reported transmitting the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Disability Reform) Bill 2002, but no motion was moved to have the message considered by the Senate. Consequently that bill is not included in these statistics.

Bills on which there was a disagreement between the Houses:
  Total
Total 12
Bills to which amendments and requests were moved during 2002
  Total
Bills to which second reading amendments were moved 35
Bills to which second reading amendments were agreed 22
Bills to which amendments were moved in committee of the whole 49
Bills to which amendments were agreed in committee of the whole 36
Bills to which requests were moved in committee of the whole 5
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 12
Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and agreed to in committee of the whole 11
Amendments and requests moved in committee of the whole
Moved by Amendments Requests
Agreed to Negatived Agreed to Negatived
Government 181 10 0 0
Opposition1 160 18 2 0
Australian Democrats2 77 127 0 4
Independent (Harradine)3 1 21 0 0
Independent (Lees) 0 0 0 0
Independent (Murphy) 2 5 0 0
Australian Greens 1 54 0 0
One Nation 0 8 0 0
Senator Abetz 0 16 0 0
Senator Barnett4 5 7 0 0
Senator Bishop5 2 3 0 0
Senator Boswell 0 2 0 0
Senator Collins 3 2 0 0
Senator Hogg6 1 5 0 0
Senators McLucas and Stott Despoja 2 0 0 0
Senator Nettle 0 7 0 0
Total 435 285 2 4
Total amendments moved 744
Total requests moved 6

1 1 amendment was moved and subsequently withdrawn.
2 2 amendments were moved and subsequently withdrawn.
3 18 amendments were moved and subsequently withdrawn.
4 1 amendment was moved and subsequently withdrawn.
5 1 amendment was moved and subsequently withdrawn.
6 1 amendment was moved and subsequently withdrawn.

These figures are broken down in detail under Committee of the Whole