General |
10 to 13 September |
2007 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
37 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 19 mins |
9 hrs 46 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 16 mins
(12 September 2007) |
20 hrs 34 mins
(16 and 17 August 2007) |
|
Shortest sitting day |
7 hrs 46 mins
(11 September 2007)
|
4 hrs 24 mins
(8 May 2007) |
| Hours of sitting |
37 hrs 17 mins |
361 hrs 15 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
14 hrs 42 mins
10 hrs 47 mins
4 hrs 14 mins
2 hrs 11 mins
2 hrs 05 mins
0 hrs 08 mins
3 hrs 10 mins |
173 hrs 58 mins
85 hrs 53 mins
35 hrs 23 mins
13 hrs 01 min
15 hrs 32 mins
10 hrs 28 mins
27 hrs 00 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
27^ |
540* |
|
Questions without notice (including supplementary
questions)
Question time held on: |
76
4 sitting days |
661
34 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
19 |
19.4 |
| Petitions presented |
8 |
70 |
| Signatories to petitions |
3 039 |
38 470 |
| Divisions |
16 |
177 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 20 August to 13 September
2007 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 8 December 2006 to 13 September
2007 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
3
3 |
10
24 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
12 |
156 |
| Passed in the Senate |
14 |
154 |
| Bills discharged from Notice Paper |
0 |
2 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
2 |
40 |
| Bills referred to committees |
1 |
70 |
