This appendix contains
summary information on the business of the House and Federation Chamber
in 2015–16.
Meetings of the House of
Representatives, 2015–16
|
Events
|
Spring 2015
|
Autumn– Winter 2016a
|
Total
|
|
Sitting weeks
|
9
|
7
|
16
|
|
Sitting days
|
36
|
24
|
60
|
|
Hours of sittingb
|
|
including suspensions
|
365
|
256
|
621
|
|
excluding suspensions
|
358
|
234
|
592
|
|
Sittings after midnight
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bills introducedc
|
92
|
70
|
162
|
|
Private members’
bills introducedd
|
11
|
10
|
21
|
|
Private members’ motions moved
|
29
|
6
|
35
|
|
Committee reports presented
|
54
|
74
|
128
|
|
Days on which
|
|
the adjournment
motion was debated
|
33
|
20
|
53
|
|
matters of public
importance were discussed
|
27
|
18
|
45
|
|
private members’
business occurred
|
9
|
4
|
13
|
|
Divisions
|
55
|
76
|
131
|
|
Closure of question
agreed to
|
10
|
14
|
24
|
|
Closure of member
agreed to
|
16
|
24
|
40
|
|
Bills guillotined
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
a
The first session of the Forty-fourth Parliament was prorogued on 15 April 2016; the second session opened on
18 April 2016.
b
Hours
are rounded to the nearest hour.
c Includes
six Senate bills.
d Includes
one private Senator’s bill.
Meetings of the Federation Chamber, 2015–16
|
Events
|
Spring 2015
|
Autumn–
winter
2016a
|
Total
|
|
Number of meetings
|
25
|
16
|
41
|
|
Hours of meeting
(excluding suspensions)b
|
80
|
51
|
132
|
|
Bills referred
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
Private members’
bills debatedc
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
Private members’
motions moved
|
41
|
16
|
57
|
|
Committee reports presented
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Committee and delegation reports referred |
7
|
18 |
25 |
| Other documents debated |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Days on which
|
|
|
|
|
the adjournment motion was debated
|
9 |
6 |
15 |
|
grievance debate occurred
|
8 |
4 |
12 |
|
private members’ business occurred
|
9 |
4 |
13 |
a
The first session of the Forty-fourth Parliament was prorogued on 15 April 2016; the second session opened on
18 April 2016.
b
Hours
are rounded to the nearest hour. Discrepancy in total due to rounding.
c Bills on which debate resumed several times have
been counted once.
Bills and amendments dealt with by the
House of Representatives (including the Federation Chamber), 2011–12
to 2015–16
|
Events
|
2011–12
|
2012–13
|
2013–14
|
2014–5
|
2015–16
|
|
Total government bills
(including bills brought from the Senate)
|
229
|
209
|
175
|
191
|
141
|
|
Initiated in
|
|
the House
|
219
|
206
|
173
|
181
|
136
|
|
the Senate
|
10
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
5
|
|
Total private
members’ bills introduceda
|
27
|
32
|
7
|
12
|
21
|
|
Second reading
amendments moved
|
17
|
9
|
36
|
22
|
16
|
|
Consideration
in detail amendments moved
|
|
government
|
427
|
701
|
14
|
215
|
60
|
|
opposition
|
149
|
140
|
50
|
62
|
38
|
|
non-aligned
|
135
|
82
|
2
|
26
|
21
|
|
amendments to
private members’ bills
|
21
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Consideration
in detail amendments passed
|
|
government
|
427
|
701
|
14
|
215
|
60
|
|
opposition
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
|
non-aligned
|
9
|
22
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
amendments to
private members’ bills
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
a Includes
private senators’ bills.
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