Number of sitting days

4

7 

Average length of a sitting day

10 hrs 09 mins

9 hrs 55 mins 

Longest sitting day

11 hrs 37 mins
(3 March)

 11 hrs 37 mins
(3 March)

Shortest sitting day

9 hrs 07 mins
(4 March)

9 hrs 07 mins
(4 March) 

Hours of sitting

40 hrs 36 mins

 69 hrs 27 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

13 hrs 26 mins
13 hrs 51 mins
2 hrs 12 mins
3 hrs 49 mins
3 hrs 05 mins
1 hr 45 mins
08 mins
4 hrs 32 mins

 19 hrs 35 mins
26 hrs 26 mins
4 hrs 32 mins
6 hrs 59 mins
5 hrs 06 mins
1 hr 49 mins
1 hr 06 mins
8 hrs 26 mins

Questions placed on notice

66 *

227** 

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

• Question time held on:

112

4 sitting days

 202

 7 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

28.0

28.9 

 44

94 

Petitions presented

3

 3

Signatories to petitions

22 837

22 837 

Divisions

13

17 

* Questions placed on notice from 14 February to 6 March 2014 inclusive

** Questions placed on notice from 13 December 2013 to 6 March 2014 inclusive

Introduced in the Senate

• government bills
• private senators' bills

0
9

Received from the House of Representatives

 19

Passed in the Senate

 12

Bills negatived

2

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

5

Bills referred to committees

 7