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No. 2/2012 27 February to 1 March 2012
General
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27 February to 1 March
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2012 to date
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Number of sitting days
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4
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7
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Average length of a sitting day
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10 hrs
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9 hrs 55 mins
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Longest sitting day
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10 hrs 25 mins
(29 February)
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10 hrs 25 mins
(29 February)
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Shortest sitting day
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9 hrs 28 mins
(27 February)
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9 hrs 9 mins
(7 February)
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Hours of sitting
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40 hrs 01 min
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69 hrs 25 mins
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Business conducted in the Senate
- government business
- general business
including time spent on private senators' bills
- questions without notice
- urgency/MPI
- business of the Senate
- other
- adjournment debate
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13 hrs 49 mins
12 hrs 21 mins
2 hrs 20 mins
4 hrs 10 mins
2 hrs 04 min
0 hrs 41 mins
1 hr 36 mins
5 hrs 20 mins
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18 hrs 50 mins
27 hrs 04 mins
4 hrs 40 mins
7 hrs 17 mins
4 hrs 05 mins
0 hrs 42 mins
2 hrs 26 mins
9 hrs 01 mins
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Questions placed on notice
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23^
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91*
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Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
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117
4 sitting days
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204
7 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice
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29.3
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29.1
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Notices of motion given
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29
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75
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Petitions presented
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1
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4
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Signatories to petitions
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768
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828
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Divisions
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14
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28
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^ Questions placed on notice from 10 February to 1 March 2012 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 28 November 2011 to 1 March 2012 inclusive
Legislation
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Introduced in the Senate
- government bills
- private senators' bills
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0
4
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0
6
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Received from the House of Representatives
- government bills
- private members' bills
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20
0
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39
0
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Passed in the Senate
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9
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13
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Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper
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1
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1
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Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'
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1
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1
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Bills referred to committees
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4
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9
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Business conducted in the Senate 2012, to date
Business conducted in the Senate in the period 27 February to 1 March 2012
Note: These figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates