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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 13 mins
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10 hrs 08 mins
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Longest sitting day
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11 hrs 17 mins
(22 February)
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11 hrs 17 mins
(22 February)
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Shortest sitting day
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09 hrs 23 mins
(23 February)
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09 hrs 23 mins
(23 February)
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Hours of sitting
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40 hrs 53 mins
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70 hrs 58 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 02 mins
15 hrs 02 mins
02 hrs 21 mins
04 hrs 11 mins
03 hrs 06 mins
01 hrs 15 mins
00 hrs 24 mins
03 hrs 53 mins
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21 hrs 18 mins
26 hrs 48 mins
04 hrs 41 mins
07 hrs 16 mins
05 hrs 10 mins
01 hrs 33 mins
01 hrs 10 mins
07 hrs 43 mins
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Questions placed on notice
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53*
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191**
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Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
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138
4 sitting days
|
252
7 sitting days
|
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Average daily number of questions without notice
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34.5
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36.0
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| Notices of motion given |
27
|
57
|
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Petitions presented
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4
|
5
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Signatories to petitions
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17 063
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22 068
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Divisions
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19
|
33
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* Questions placed on notice from 5 February to 25 February 2016, inclusive
** Questions placed on notice from 4 December 2015 to 25 February 2016 inclusive
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