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Parliamentary sittings—2008 (amended 27 June 2008)

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MONTH

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

School Holidays

Legend

 

21

22

23

24

25

26/27

All

Both Houses sit
House of Reps Only
Senate Only
Public Holiday (See list)
Weekend
 
AE Additional Estimates
BE Budget Estimates
SBE Supplementary Budget Estimates
H House of Representatives only
"

Senate 2/3 Cut Off

 

 

28

29

30

31

1

2/3

WA, TAS, ACT

A

U

T

U

M

N

February

4

5

6

7

8

9/10

TAS

 

11

12

13  "

14

15

16/17

TAS

 

18  H/AE

19  H/AE

20  H/AE

21  H/AE

22  H

23/24

 

 

25

26

27

28

29

1/2

 

March

3

4

5

6

7

8/9

 

 

10

11

12

13

14

15/16

 

 

 

17

18 "

19

20

21

22/23

 

 

24

25

26

27

28

29/30

VIC

April

31

1

2

3

4

5/6

VIC

 

7

8

9

10

11

12/13

QLD, NT

 

14

15

16

17

18

19/20

NSW, WA, SA, ACT

 

21

22

23

24

25

26/27

NSW, WA, SA, ACT

 

28

29

30

1

2

3/4

 

May

5

6

7

8

9

10/11

 

 

12

13 Budget

14  "

15

16

17/18

 

W

I

N

T

E

R

 

19

20

21

22

23

24/25

 

 

26  H/BE

27  H/BE

28  H/BE

29  H/BE

30

31/1

 

June

2  H/BE

3  H/BE

4  H/BE

5  H/BE

6

7/8

TAS

 

9

10

11

12

13

14/15

TAS

 

16

17

18

19

20

21/22

 

 

 

23

24 "

25

26

27

28/29

NT

July

30

1

2

3

4

5/6

VIC, QLD, NT

 

7

8

9

10

11

12/13

All ex Tas

 

14

15

16

17

18

19/20

NSW, WA, SA, ACT, NT

 

21

22

23

24

25

26/27

 

 

28

29

30

31

1

2/3

 

August

4

5

6

7

8

9/10

 

S

P

R

I

N

G

 

11

12

13

14

15

16/17

 

 

18

19

20

21

22

23/24

 

 

25

26

27

28

29

30/31

 

September

1

2

3

4

5

6/7

 

 

8

9

10

11

12

13/14

TAS

 

15

16

17

18

19

20/21

TAS

 

 

22

23  "

24

25

26

27/28

VIC, QLD

October

29

30

1

2

3

4/5

All ex Tas

 

6

7

8

9

10

11/12

ACT, NSW, SA, WA

 

13

14

15

16

17

18/19

 

 

20  H/SBE

21  H/SBE

22  H/SBE

23  H/SBE

24

25/26

 

 

27

28

29

30

31

1/2

 

November

3

4

5

6

7

8/9

 

 

10

11

12

13

14

15/16

 

 

17

18

19

20

21

22/23

 

 

24

25

26

27  "

28

29/30

 

December

1

2

3

4

5

6/7

 

 

8

9

10

11

12

13/14

 

 

15

16

17

18

19

20/21

QLD, WA, SA, NT

Legend
Both Houses sit
House of Reps Only
Senate Only
Public Holiday (See list)
Weekend
AE Additional Estimates S Senate Only
BE Budget Estimates * If required
SBE Supplementary Budget Esitmates "

Senate 2/3 Cut Off

SE Supplementary Estimates $ Budget
H House of Representatives only    

Public holidays

28 January

Australia Day Holiday

10 March

Canberra Day

21 March

Good Friday

24 March

Easter Monday

25 April

ANZAC Day

9 June

Queen’s Birthday

6 October

Labour Day

4 November

Family Day

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