Senate Statistical Summary 6/2016

No. 6—2 to 4 May

General 2 to 4 May 2016 to date
Number of sitting days 3 19
Average length of a sitting day 10 hrs 08 mins 11 hrs 21 mins
Longest sitting day 11 hrs 26 mins
(2 May)
28 hrs 56 mins
(17 March)
Shortest sitting day 07 hrs 48 mins
(3 May)
07 hrs 48 mins
(3 May)
Hours of sitting 30 hrs 23 mins 215 hrs 48 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
12 hrs 37 mins
07 hrs 36 mins
00 hrs 00 mins
03 hrs 13 mins
03 hrs 03 mins
00 hrs 33 mins
00 hrs 39 mins
02 hrs 42 mins
89 hrs 59 mins
67 hrs 03 mins
09 hrs 26 mins
19 hrs 57 mins
14 hrs 25 mins
02 hrs 30 mins
02 hrs 41 mins
19 hrs 13 mins
Questions placed on notice 0* 758**
Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
  • Question time held on:
102
3 sitting days
689
19 sitting days
Average daily number of questions without notice 34.0 36.3
Notices of motion given 26 297
Petitions presented 3 13
Signatories to petitions 496 115 274
Divisions 19 148

*  Questions placed on notice from 20 April to 4 May 2016, inclusive
**  Questions placed on notice from 4 December 2015 to 4 May 2016, inclusive
Note: these figures include unanswered questions resubmitted from the last session

Legislation 2 to 4 May 2016 to date
Introduced in the Senate
  • government bills
  • private senators' bills
0
0
1
5
Received from the House of Representatives - government bills 8 67
Received from the House of Representatives - private members' bills 0 0
Passed in the Senate 18 54
Bills negatived 0 2
Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' 4 16
Bills referred to committees 0 22
Government bills restored 16 18
Private senators' bills restored to the Notice Paper 1 60

2016

Business conducted in the Senate 2016

2016 - 2 to 4 May 2016

Business conducted in the Senate during the period 2 - 4 May 2016 

 Note: these figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates.