General statistics—2003
| |
Summer/Autumn |
Budget/Winter |
Spring |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
14 |
11 |
39 |
64 |
| 131 hrs 19 mins |
109 hrs 44 mins |
343 hrs 53 mins |
584 hrs 56 mins |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 23 mins |
9 hrs 59 mins |
8 hrs 49 mins |
9 hrs 08 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
12 hrs 52 mins
(19 March 2003) |
17 hrs 30 mins
(26 June 2003) |
21 hrs 36 mins
(4 December 2003) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
6 hrs 17 mins
(4 February 2003) |
5 hrs 05 mins
(13 May 2003) |
0 hrs 40 mins
(23 October 2003) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
315
(1/1 - 27/3) |
229
(28/3 - 30/6) |
895
(1/7 - 31/12) |
1439 |
| Questions without notice* |
285 |
245 |
|
1333 |
| Question time held on: |
12 sitting days |
11 sitting days |
35 sitting days |
58 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
23.8 |
22.3 |
22.9 |
23 |
| Petitions presented |
19 |
13 |
97 |
129 |
| Signatories to petitions |
19 294 |
8 813 |
171 479 |
199 586 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
5 |
5 |
27 |
37 |
| Agreed to |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
| Negatived |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
| Withdrawn |
1 |
3 |
20 |
24 |
| Still before the Senate |
4 |
5 |
3 |
N/A |
| Statements by the President and the Chair of Committees |
3 |
1 |
7 |
11 |
| Ministerial statements |
5 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
| Matters of public importance |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| Urgency motions |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
46 |
24 |
104 |
174 |
| Condolence motions |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
| Censure motions |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
6 |
9 |
19 |
34 |
| Government responses to committee reports tabled |
9 |
12 |
18 |
39 |
| Divisions |
30 |
34 |
98 |
162 |
* Includes supplementary questions.