General |
26 to 29 October |
2009 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
44 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
8 hrs 43 mins |
9 hrs 16 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
9 hrs 58 mins
(28 October ) |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
| Shortest sitting day |
7 hrs 39 mins
(27 October ) |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
| Hours of sitting |
34 hrs 51 mins |
407 hrs 31 mins |
|
Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
9 hrs 01 min
12 hrs 54 mins
4 hrs 16 mins
2 hrs 57 mins
2 hrs 47 mins
0 hrs 28 mins
2 hrs 28 mins |
202 hrs 45 mins
97 hrs 17 mins
42 hrs 54 mins
17 hrs 23 mins
18 hrs 12 mins
4 hrs 58 mins
24 hrs 02 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
31^ |
1223* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
114
4 sitting days |
1140
40 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
28.5 |
28.5 |
| Notices of motion given |
43 |
385 |
| Petitions presented |
4 |
41 |
| Signatories to petitions |
9 363 |
94 295 |
| Divisions |
17 |
155 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 18 September to 29 October
2009 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2008 to 29 October
2009 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
0
5 |
7
22 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
12 |
157 |
| Passed in the Senate |
14 |
122 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper |
0 |
33 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
0 |
35 |
| Bills referred to committees |
6 |
96 |
