General statistics—2011
| |
Autumn |
Budget/Winter |
Spring |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
11 |
14 |
31 |
56 |
| 115 hrs 50 mins |
125 hrs 49 mins |
316 hrs 21 mins |
558 hrs |
| Average length of a sitting day |
10 hrs 32 mins |
8 hrs 59 mins |
10 hrs 12 mins |
9 hrs 58 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
22 hrs 34 mins
(24 and 25 March) |
10 hrs 48 mins
(23 June) |
12 hrs 09 mins (24 November) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
4 hrs 34 mins
(1 March) |
7 hrs 04 mins
(10 May) |
7 hrs 41 mins (16 August) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
194
(1/1 - 25/3) |
273
(28/3 - 7/7) |
665
(8/7 - 31/12) |
1132 |
| Questions without notice* |
261 |
370 |
822 |
1453 |
| Question time held on: |
10 sitting days |
13 sitting days |
30 sitting days |
53 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
26.1 |
28.5 |
27.4 |
27.4 |
| Petitions presented |
12 |
15 |
27 |
54 |
| Signatories to petitions |
18 628 |
24 099 |
8 845 |
51 572 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
| Agreed to |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Negatived |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Withdrawn |
4 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
| Still before the Senate |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Statements by the President, Deputy President and the Chair of Committees |
3 |
1 |
9 |
13 |
| Ministerial statements |
7 |
13 |
17 |
37 |
| Matters of public importance |
8 |
7 |
17 |
32 |
| Urgency motions |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
24 |
20 |
63 |
107 |
| Condolence motions |
6 |
4 |
5 |
15 |
| Censure motions |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
5 |
3 |
13 |
21 |
| Government responses to committee reports |
14 |
23 |
28 |
65 |
| Divisions |
50 |
52 |
175 |
277 |
* Includes supplementary questions.