General |
15 to 18 June |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
21 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 14 mins |
9 hrs 35 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
9 hrs 57 mins
(16 June) |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
| Shortest sitting day |
8 hrs 06 mins
(18 June) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
36 hrs 56 mins |
201 hrs 12 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
19 hrs 45 mins
9 hrs 29 mins
4 hrs 03 mins
1 hr 01 min
0 hrs 03 mins
0 hrs 4 mins
2 hrs 31 mins |
120 hrs 45 mins
38 hrs 57 mins
17 hrs 52 mins
7 hrs 11 mins
3 hrs 42 mins
3 hrs 03 mins
9 hrs 42 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
315^ |
657* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
111
4 sitting days |
492
17 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
27.8 |
28.9 |
| Petitions presented |
4 |
21 |
| Signatories to petitions |
202 |
14 599 |
| Divisions |
14 |
78 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 15 May to 18 June 2009
inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 18 June
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
0
1 |
1
5 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
44 |
100 |
| Passed in the Senate |
22 |
61 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
4 |
16 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
0 |
20 |
| Bills referred to committees |
22 |
59 |
