Days and hours of sitting 1991–2011
|
Number of sitting days |
Hours of sitting |
Average length of a sitting day |
Longest sitting day |
Shortest sitting day |
| 1991 |
83 |
875:51 |
10:33 |
22:20 (3/12) |
1:22 (16/4) |
| 1992 |
76 |
728:31 |
9:35 |
33:541 |
0:29 (2/1) |
| 1993* |
53 |
521:12 |
9:50 |
66:182 |
1:29 (11/5) |
| 1994 |
80 |
628:10 |
7:50 |
22:423 |
2:08 (23/6) |
| 1995 |
78 |
637:15 |
8:10 |
23:104 |
2:19 (7/3) |
| 1996* |
71 |
562:05 |
7:55 |
17:02 (13/12) |
1:52 (17/9) |
| 1997 |
82 |
740:40 |
9:01 |
23:105 |
1:40 (26/2) |
| 1998* |
57 |
540:49 |
9:29 |
39:276 |
2:18 (10/11) |
| 1999 |
79 |
698:36 |
8:50 |
16:50 (24/6) |
4:5112 |
| 2000 |
71 |
631:50 |
8:53 |
19:45 (7/12) |
4:00 (10/10) |
| 2001* |
52 |
442:02 |
8:30 |
16:22 (28/6) |
0:39 (9/5) |
| 2002 |
60 |
539:07 |
8:59 |
22:54 (12/12) |
0:02 (24/10) |
| 2003 |
64 |
584:06 |
9:08 |
21:367 (4/12) |
0:40 (23/10) |
| 2004* |
49 |
480:35 |
9:48 |
30:218 (24/6) |
1:57 (16/11) |
| 2005 |
57 |
542:40 |
9:31 |
15:54 (23/6) |
3:10 (4/10) |
| 2006 |
58 |
571:32 |
9:51 |
15:21 (30/3) |
6:50 (27/3) |
| 2007* |
41 |
402:38 |
9:49 |
20:349 (16/8) |
4:24 (8/5) |
| 2008 |
52 |
481:37 |
8:57 |
15:41 (4/12) |
2:58 (12/2) |
| 2009 |
53 |
515:56 |
9:44 |
23:4410 (19/3) |
0:45 (9/2) |
| 2010* |
40 |
358:44 |
8:58 |
12:00 (25/11) |
3:04 (28/9) |
| 2011 |
56 |
558:00 |
9:58 |
22:3411 (24/3) |
4:34 (1/3) |
* Indicates an election year
Notes
The following were treated as one sitting day
- 12, 13, 16 and 17 November 1992
- 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21 December 1993
- 8 and 9 December 1994
- 30 November and 1 December 1995
- 4 and 5 December 1997
- 9, 10 and 11 July 1998
- 4 and 5 December 2003
- 24 and 25 June 2004
- 16 and 17 August 2007
- 19 and 20 March 2009
- 24 and 25 March 2011
- The Senate sat for 4 hours and 51 minutes on both 24 August and 23 November 1999