Senate Statistical Summary 4/2015

No. 4—23 to 26 March

General 23 to 26 March 2015 to date 

Number of sitting days

4

16

Average length of a sitting day

09 hrs 12 mins

10 hrs 02 mins

Longest sitting day

13 hrs 00 mins

(25 March)

 13 hrs 00 mins

(25 March)

Shortest sitting day

05 hrs 05 mins

(23 March)

05 hrs 05 mins

(23 March) 

Hours of sitting

36 hrs 48 mins

 160 hrs 33 mins

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

 

18 hrs 08 mins
06 hrs 08 mins
00 hrs 02 mins


03 hrs 15 mins
01 hrs 02 mins
00 hrs 21 mins
06 hrs 49 mins
01 hrs 05 mins

 

64 hrs 27 mins
44 hrs 38 mins
06 hrs 13 mins


15 hrs 54 mins
10 hrs 28 mins
01 hrs 51 mins
08 hrs 33 mins
14 hrs 42 mins

Questions placed on notice

84*

521**

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

90

3 sitting days

483

15 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

30.0

32.2

Notices of motion given

45

179

Petitions presented

4

5

Signatories to petitions

16106

17559

Divisions

29

76

* Questions placed on notice from 20 March to 26 March 2015, inclusive

** Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2014 to 26 March 2015, inclusive

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills

 

2
1

 

2
8

Received from the House of Representatives - government bills

6

 34

Received from the House of Representatives - private members' bills

 0

 0

Passed in the Senate

6

42

Bills negatived

1

3

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

1

14

Bills referred to committees

10

30

2015

2015 - 23 to 26 March 2015