General
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25 to 28 February
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2013 to date
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Number of sitting days
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4
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7
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Average length of a sitting day
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10 hrs 25 mins
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10 hrs 02 mins
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Longest sitting day
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11 hrs 28 mins
(25 February)
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11 hrs 28 mins
(25 February)
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Shortest sitting day
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9 hrs 30 mins
(26 November)
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9 hrs 05 mins
(5 February)
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Hours of sitting
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41 hrs 39 mins
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70 hrs 13 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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13 hrs 47 mins
15 hrs 23 mins
4 hrs 08 mins
3 hrs 28 mins
3 hrs 08 min
0 hrs 04 mins
1 hr 24 mins
4 hrs 25 mins
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21 hrs 42 mins
26 hrs 01 mins
6 hrs 29 mins
6 hrs 38 mins
5 hrs 12 mins
0 hrs 50 mins
1 hrs 27 mins
8 hrs 23 mins
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Questions placed on notice
|
109^
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216*
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Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
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90
4 sitting days
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174
7 sitting days
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Average daily number of questions without notice
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22.5
|
24.9
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Notices of motion given
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52
|
98
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Petitions presented
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3
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3
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Signatories to petitions
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12 090
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12 090
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Divisions
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14
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25
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