Sitting calendar 2017 – text version
Issued 7 February 2017. Agreed to by the House of Representatives on 7 February 2017.
- 1 January – New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 2 to 25 January – Non sitting days
- 26 January – Australia Day holiday
- 27 January to 6 February – Non sitting days
Autumn session
- 7 to 9 February – Both Chambers sit
- 10 to 12 February – Non sitting days
- 13 to 16 February – Both Chambers sit, Seante 2/3 Cut Off on Tuesday, 14 February
- 17to 26 February – Non sitting days
- 27 February to 2 March –House of Representatives sits, Senate Additional Estimates
- 3 to 12 March – Non sitting days
- 13 March– Canberra Day (Public Holiday)
- 14 to 19 March – Non sitting days
- 20 to 23 March – Both Chambers sit
- 24 to 26 March – Non sitting days
- 27 to 30 March – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off on Tuesday, 28 March
- 31 March to 13 April – Non sitting days
- 14 April – Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 17 April – Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 18 April to 24 April – Non sitting days
- 25 April – Anzac Day holiday (Public Holiday – Saturday)
- 26 April to 8 May – Non sitting days
Winter (Budget) session
- 9 May – Budget, Both Chambers sit
- 10 to 11 May – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Wednesday, 10 May
- 12 to 21 May – Non sitting days
- 22 to 25 May – House of Representatives sits, Senate Budget Estimates
- 26 to 28 May – Non sitting days
- 29 to 1 June – House of Representatives sits, Senate Budget Estimates
- 2 to 11 June –Non sitting days
- 12 June – Queen's birthday (Public Holiday)
- 13 to 15 June – Both Chambers sit
- 16 to 18 June – Non sitting days
- 19 to 22 June – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Tuesday, 20 June
- 23 June to 7 August – Non sitting days, winter break
Spring session
- 8 to 10 August – Both Chambers sit
- 11 to 13 August – Non sitting days
- 14 to 17 August – Both Chambers sit
- 18 August to 3 September – Non sitting days
- 4 to 7 September – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Wednesday, 6 September
- 8 to 10 September – Non sitting days
- 11 to 14 September – Both Chambers sit
- 15 to 24 September – Non sitting days
- 25 September – ACT Family and Community Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 September to 1 October – Non sitting days
- 2 October – Labour Day (Public Holiday)
- 3 to 15 October – Non sitting days
- 16 to 19 October – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Wednesday, 18 October
- 20 to 22 October – Non sitting days
- 23 to 26 October – House of Representatives sits, Senate Supplementary Budget Estimates
- 30 October to 12 November – Non sitting days
- 13 to 16 November – Senate Chamber sits
- 17 to 26 November – Non sitting days
- 27 to 30 November – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Thursday, 30 November
- 1 to 3 December – Non sitting days
- 4 to 7 December – Both Chambers sit
- 8 to 24 December – Non sitting days
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day holiday
- 27 to 31 December – Non sitting days