General statistics—2006
| |
Summer/Autumn |
Budget/Winter |
Spring |
Spring (2) |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
11 |
11 |
15 |
21 |
58 |
| 110 hrs 54 mins |
112 hrs 46 mins |
137 hrs 25 mins |
210 hrs 27 mins |
571 hrs 32 mins |
| Average length of a sitting day |
10 hrs 05 mins |
10 hrs 15 mins |
9 hrs 10 mins |
10 hrs 01 min |
9 hrs 51 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
15 hrs 21 mins
(30 March) |
15 hrs 02 mins
(22 June) |
10 hrs 20 mins
(10 August) |
12 hrs 46 mins
(30 November) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
6 hrs 50 mins
(27 March) |
6 hrs 52 mins
(9 May) |
7 hrs 38 mins
(8 August) |
7 hrs 07 mins
(1 December) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
218
(1/1 - 30/3) |
445
(31/3 - 30/6) |
371
(1/7 - 14/9) |
463
(15/9 - 31/12) |
1497 |
| Questions without notice* |
218 |
199 |
292 |
402 |
1111 |
| Question time held on: |
11 sitting days |
10 sitting days |
15 sitting days |
20 sitting days |
56 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
19.8 |
19.9 |
19.5 |
20.1 |
19.8 |
| Petitions presented |
38 |
37 |
39 |
47 |
161 |
| Signatories to petitions |
13 342 |
51 817 |
155 458 |
62 940 |
283 565 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
5 |
26 |
6 |
15 |
52 |
| Agreed to |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Negatived |
4 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
| Withdrawn |
4 |
1 |
23 |
4 |
32 |
| Still before the Senate |
2 |
24 |
2 |
12 |
N/A |
| Statements by the President, Deputy President and the Chair of Committees |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
| Ministerial statements |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
| Matters of public importance |
2 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
| Urgency motions |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
10 |
15 |
20 |
29 |
74 |
| Condolence motions |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
| Censure motions |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Government responses to committee reports tabled |
10 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
29 |
| Divisions |
61 |
46 |
77 |
115 |
299 |
* Includes supplementary questions.