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No. 3/2012 13 to 16 March 2012
General
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13 to 16 March
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2012 to date
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Number of sitting days
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4
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11
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Average length of a sitting day
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9 hrs 25 mins
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9 hrs 44 mins
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Longest sitting day
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12 hrs 37 mins
(15 March)
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12 hrs 37 mins
(15 March)
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Shortest sitting day
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5 hrs 14 mins
(16 March)
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5 hrs 14 mins
(16 March)
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Hours of sitting
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37 hrs 40 mins
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107 hrs 05 mins
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Business conducted in the Senate
- government business
- general business
including time spent on private senators' bills
- questions without notice
- urgency/MPI
- business of the Senate
- other
- adjournment debate
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19 hrs 24 mins
7 hrs 31 mins
2 hrs 20 mins
3 hrs 06 mins
1 hr 05 mins
1 hr 42 mins
0 hrs 17 mins
4 hrs 35 mins
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38 hrs 14 mins
34 hrs 35 mins
7 hrs
10 hrs 23 mins
5 hrs 10 mins
2 hrs 24 mins
2 hrs 43 mins
13 hrs 36 mins
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Questions placed on notice
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155^
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246*
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Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
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81
3 sitting days
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285
10 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice
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27.0
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28.5
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Notices of motion given
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39
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114
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Petitions presented
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1
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5
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Signatories to petitions
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35
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863
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Divisions
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18
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46
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^ Questions placed on notice from 2 to 16 March 2012 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 28 November 2011 to 16 March 2012 inclusive
Legislation
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Introduced in the Senate
- government bills
- private senators' bills
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0
1
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0
7
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Received from the House of Representatives
- government bills
- private members' bills
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6
0
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45
0
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Passed in the Senate
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4
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17
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Bills negatived or discharged from Notice Paper
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0
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1
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Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'
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0
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1
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Bills referred to committees
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0
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9
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Business conducted in the Senate 2012, to date
Business conducted in the Senate in the period 13 to 16 March 2012
Note: These figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates