General |
14 to 17 September |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
40 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
8 hrs 58 mins |
9 hrs 19 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
9 hrs 44 mins
(16 September) |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
| Shortest sitting day |
7 hrs 57 mins
(15 September) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
35 hrs 52 mins |
372 hrs 40 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
14 hrs 51 mins
7 hrs 58 mins
4 hrs 27 mins
2 hrs 02 mins
3 hrs 22 mins
0 hrs 06 mins
3 hrs 06 mins |
193 hrs 44 mins
84 hrs 23 mins
38 hrs 38 mins
14 hrs 26 mins
15 hrs 25 mins
4 hrs 30 mins
21 hrs 34 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
193^ |
1191* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
117
4 sitting days |
1026
36 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
29.3 |
28.5 |
| Notices of motion given |
33 |
343 |
| Petitions presented |
3 |
37 |
| Signatories to petitions |
1467 |
84 932 |
| Divisions |
16 |
138 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 11 to 17 September 2009
inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 17 September
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
0
5 |
7
17 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
9 |
145 |
| Passed in the Senate |
15 |
108 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
1 |
33 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
8 |
35 |
| Bills referred to committees |
5 |
90 |
