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1991
|
1992
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1993*
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1994
|
1995
|
1996*
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1997
|
1998*
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1999
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2000
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| Number of sitting days |
83
|
76
|
53
|
80
|
78
|
71
|
82
|
57
|
79
|
71
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| Hours of sitting |
875:51
|
728:31
|
521:12
|
628:10
|
637:15
|
562:05
|
740:40
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540:49
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698:36
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631:50
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| Average length of a sitting day |
10:33
|
9:35
|
9:50
|
7:50
|
8:10
|
7:55
|
9:01
|
9:29
|
8:50
|
8:53
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| Longest sitting day |
22:20
(3/12)
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33:541
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66:182
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22:423
|
23:104
|
17:02
(13/12)
|
23:105
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39:276
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16:50
(24/6)
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19:45
(7/12)
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| Shortest sitting day |
1:22
(16/4)
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0:29
(2/1)
|
1:29
(11/5)
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2:08
(23/6)
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2:19
(7/3)
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1:52
(17/9)
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1:40
(26/2)
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2:18
(10/11)
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4:517
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4:00
(10/10)
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* Indicates an election year
Notes
The following were treated as one sitting day
1 12, 13, 16 and 17 November 1992
2 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21 December 1993
3 8 and 9 December 1994
4 30 November and 1 December 1995
5 4 and 5 December 1997
6 9, 10 and 11 July 1998
7 The Senate sat for 4 hours and 51 minutes on
both 24 August and 23 November 1999
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