General |
10 to 13 November 2008 |
2008 to date |
| Number of sitting days |
4 |
44 |
| Average length of a sitting day |
9 hrs 04 mins |
8 hrs 57 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
9 hrs 51 mins
(12 November 2008) |
11 hrs 18 mins
(19 June 2008) |
| Shortest sitting day |
8 hrs 16 mins
(11 November 2008) |
2 hrs 58 mins
(12 February 2008) |
| Hours of sitting |
36 hrs 15 mins |
393 hrs 55 mins |
| Business conducted in the Senate
government business
general business
questions without notice
urgency/MPI
business of the Senate
other
adjournment debate |
14 hrs 07 mins
12 hrs 18 mins
4 hrs 19 mins
1 hr 53 minsmins
—
05 mins
3 hrs 33 mins |
170 hrs 20 mins
106 hrs 14 mins
45 hrs 59 mins
9 hrs 51 mins
11 hrs 30 mins
29 hrs 53 mins
20 hrs 08 mins |
| Questions placed on notice |
58^ |
813* |
| Questions without notice (including
supplementary questions)
Question time held on: |
73
4 sitting days |
818
43 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice |
18.3 |
19 |
| Petitions presented |
2 |
52 |
| Signatories to petitions |
831 |
100 434 |
| Divisions |
12 |
111 |
|
^ Questions placed on notice from 17 October to 13 November
2008 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 12 February to 13 November
2008 inclusive |
Legislation
|
| Introduced in the Senate
government bills
private senators' bills |
0
2 |
12
32 |
| Received from the House of Representatives |
14 |
150 |
| Passed in the Senate |
13 |
132 |
| Bills negatived or discharged from the Notice Paper |
3 |
14 |
| Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
0 |
28 |
| Bills referred to committees |
2 |
81 |
| Bills restored to Notice Paper |
0 |
40 |
