Senate Statistical Summary 10/2014

No. 10—26 to 28 August

General 26 to 28 August 2014 to date 

Number of sitting days

3

37 

Average length of a sitting day

09 hrs 32 mins

10 hrs 13 mins

Longest sitting day

10 hrs 06 mins
(26 August)

 18 hrs 50 mins
(17 and 18 July)

Shortest sitting day

08 hrs 45 mins
(28 August)

08 hrs 23 mins
(18 March) 

Hours of sitting

28 hrs 36 mins

 377 hrs 49 mins

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

 

07 hrs 41 mins
08 hrs 14 mins
0 hrs 42 mins


03 hrs 14 mins
02 hrs 03 mins
01 hrs 15 mins
01 hrs 41 mins
04 hrs 28 mins

 

 126 hrs 35 mins
113 hrs 29 mins
16 hrs 54 mins


39 hrs 13 mins
23 hrs 37 mins
12 hrs 52 mins
16 hrs 34 mins
45 hrs 29 mins

Questions placed on notice

43 *

773** 

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

105

3 sitting days

 1158

 37 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

35.0

31.3 

Notices of motion given

 47

414 

Petitions presented

5

21

Signatories to petitions

10 881

54 371 

Divisions

7

162 

* Questions placed on notice from 21 July to 28 August 2014 inclusive

** Questions placed on notice from 13 December 2013 to 28 August 2014 inclusive

 

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills

 

0
1

 

2
23

Received from the House of Representatives

1

 133

Passed in the Senate

4

 102

Bills negatived

0

23

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

0

23

Bills referred to committees

3

 84

2014, to date

2014 - 26 August to 28 August

Note: these figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates