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Number of sitting days
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4
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45
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Average length of a sitting day
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10 hrs 50 mins
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10 hrs 14 mins
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Longest sitting day
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12 hrs 23 mins
(25 September)
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18 hrs 50 mins
(17 and 18 July)
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Shortest sitting day
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09 hrs 37 mins
(22 September)
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08 hrs 23 mins
(18 March)
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Hours of sitting
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43 hrs 19 mins
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460 hrs 48 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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16 hrs 11 mins
14 hrs 00 mins
2 hrs 21 mins
04 hrs 17 mins
02 hrs 42 mins
00 hrs 24 mins
01 hrs 00 mins
04 hrs 45 mins
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156 hrs 20 mins
141 hrs 16 mins
21 hrs 33 mins
47 hrs 38 mins
28 hrs 23 mins
13 hrs 28 mins
19 hrs 01 mins
54 hrs 42 mins
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Questions placed on notice
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23*
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846**
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Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
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138
4 sitting days
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-
45 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice
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35.3
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31.9
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| Notices of motion given |
38
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505
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Petitions presented
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4
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26
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Signatories to petitions
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52 365
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110 350
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Divisions
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21
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203
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* Questions placed on notice from 5 September to 25 September 2014 inclusive
** Questions placed on notice from 13 December 2013 to 25 September 2014 inclusive
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