Senate Statistical Summary 1/2016

No. 1: 2 to 4 February 2016

General 2 to 4 February

Number of sitting days

3

Average length of a sitting day

10 hrs 02 mins

Longest sitting day

10 hrs 22 mins
(3 February)

Shortest sitting day

09 hrs 32 mins
(2 February)

Hours of sitting

30 hrs 05 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

 

08 hrs 16 mins
11 hrs 46 mins
02 hrs 20 mins
03 hrs 05 mins
02 hrs 04 mins
00 hrs 18 mins
00 hrs 46 mins
03 hrs 50 mins

Questions placed on notice

138 *

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

114

3 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

38.0

Notices of motion given

30

Petitions presented

1

Signatories to petitions

5 005

Divisions

14

* Questions placed on notice from 4 December 2015 to 4 February 2016 inclusive

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills

 

0
0

Received from the House of Representatives

12

Passed in the Senate

7

Bills negatived

0

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

0

Bills referred to committees

12

2016, to date

Business conducted in the Senate 2016

2016

Business conducted in the Senate 2016