Origins and outcomes—2010

42nd Parliament

Origin
On Senate Notice Paper as at 1 January 2010:
Government bill (originating in Senate 2009) 1
Government bills (received from House of Representatives 2008, 2009) 27
Private senator's bill (originating in Senate 2009) 1
Introduced in the Senate (1 January to 19 July 2010):
Government bill 1
Private senator's bills 17
Received from the House of Representatives (1 January to 19 July 2010):
Government bills 122
Total 169
Outcome
Bills passed by the Senate:
Passed by both Houses:
Government bills 114
Still before the House of Representatives:
Government bill 1
Private senator's bills 2
Bills still before the Senate:
Government bills 33
Private senator's bills 15
Bills negatived in the Senate:
Negatived at second reading:
Government bills 3
Private senator's bill 1
Total 169

NB:Bills still before the House of Representatives at the end of the 42nd Parliament lapsed at prorogation. Bills still before the Senate at the end of the 42nd Parliament lapsed immediately before the commencement of the 43rd Parliament.

43rd Parliament

Introduced in the Senate (28 September to 31 December 2010):
Government bill 10
Private senator's bills 44
Received from the House of Representatives (28 September to 19 July 2010):
Government bills 50
Private member's bill 1
Restored to the Notice Paper:
Private Senator's bills 4
Total 109
Outcome
Bills passed by the Senate:
Passed by both Houses:
Government bills 36
Still before the House of Representatives:
Government bills 4
Bills still before the Senate:
Government bills 20
Private senator's bills 48
Private member's bill 1
Total 109
Bills on which there was a disagreement between the Houses:
  Total
Total 5
Bills to which amendments and requests were moved during 2010
  Total
Bills to which second reading amendments were moved 15
Bills to which second reading amendments were agreed 4
Bills to which amendments were moved in committee of the whole 40
Bills to which amendments were agreed in committee of the whole 28
Bills to which requests were moved in committee of the whole 4
Bills to which requests were agreed in committee of the whole 3
Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and negatived in committee of the whole 11
Bills to which items (etc) were opposed and agreed to in committee of the whole 9
Amendments and requests moved in committee of the whole
Moved by Agreed to Negatived
Government 393 0
Opposition 55 95
Australian Greens1 22 129
Family First Party 0 27
Independent (Senator Xenophon) 14 23
Independent/Australian Greens 2 0
Total 486 274
Total amendments, requests moved 762

1 2 amendments withdrawn

These figures are broken down in detail under Committee of the Whole