General statistics—2009
| |
Autumn/Autumn (2) |
Budget/Winter |
Spring/Spring (2) |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
14 |
11 |
28 |
53 |
| 138 hrs 14 mins |
98 hrs 12 mins |
279 hrs 30 mins |
515 hrs 56 mins |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 52 mins |
8 hrs 56 mins |
9 hrs 59 mins |
9 hrs 44 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
23 hrs 44 mins
(19 and 20 March) |
10 hrs 03 mins
(13 May) |
22 hrs 38 mins
(30 November, 1 and 2 December) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
0 hrs 45 mins
(9 February) |
6 hrs 02 mins
(12 May) |
7 hrs 39 mins
(27 October) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
241
(1/1 - 20/3) |
381
(23/3 - 30/6) |
682
(1/7 - 31/12) |
1304 |
| Questions without notice* |
289 |
317 |
762 |
1368 |
| Question time held on: |
10 sitting days |
11 sitting days |
27 sitting days |
48 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
28.9 |
28.8 |
28.2 |
28.5 |
| Petitions presented |
7 |
17 |
24 |
48 |
| Signatories to petitions |
12 218 |
19 802 |
100 245 |
132 265 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
10 |
7 |
11 |
28 |
| Agreed to |
0 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
| Negatived |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
| Withdrawn |
1 |
9 |
4 |
14 |
| Still before the Senate |
9 |
5 |
1 |
N/A |
| Statements by the President, Deputy President and the Chair of Committees |
6 |
4 |
12 |
22 |
| Ministerial statements |
12 |
10 |
31 |
53 |
| Matters of public importance |
3 |
6 |
11 |
20 |
| Urgency motions |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
24 |
29 |
46 |
99 |
| Condolence motions |
4 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
| Censure motions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
5 |
5 |
22 |
32 |
| Government responses to committee reports tabled |
8 |
11 |
22 |
41 |
| Divisions |
56 |
35 |
111 |
202 |
* Includes supplementary questions.