General |
16 to 19 March |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
14 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
13 hrs 39 mins |
9 hrs 52 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
| Shortest sitting day |
9 hrs 59 mins
(17 March) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
54 hrs 37 mins |
138 hrs 14 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
36 hrs 03 mins
8 hrs 48 mins
4 hrs 14 mins
2 hrs 08 mins
0 hrs 44 mins
0 hrs 46 mins
1 hr 54 mins |
92 hrs 09 mins
22 hrs 13 mins
10 hrs 38 mins
4 hrs 08 mins
0 hrs 44 mins
2 hrs 27 mins
5 hrs 55 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
18^ |
285* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
108
4 sitting days |
289
10 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
27 |
28.9 |
| Petitions presented |
0 |
7 |
| Signatories to petitions |
0 |
12 218 |
| Divisions |
30 |
56 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 13 to 20 March 2009 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 20 March
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
1
1 |
1
1 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
11 |
49 |
| Passed in the Senate |
9 |
30 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
2 |
12 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
3 |
15 |
| Bills referred to committees |
11 |
24 |
