The tables on this page show detailed statistics for a range of activities in the House of Representatives 1983-1999.
The statistics are taken from Institutions On The Edge?, edited by Michael Keating, John Wanna and Patrick Wheeler, (Allen & Unwin, 2000), p18.
Note: Federal elections were held in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1998. This may explain the drop in some figures for those years, such as the number of sitting days.
| House of Representatives Statistics 1983-90 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activities | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| No. Sitting Days | 49 | 52 | 66 | 79 | 74 | 65 | 59 | 38 |
| Bills Initiated in House | 151 | 172 | 217 | 178 | 190 | 198 | 180 | 172 |
| Bills Received from Senate | 19 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| Carried over from previous session | 7 | 29 | 36 | 58 | 38 | 57 | 92 | 17 |
| Bills Passed Senate & House | 152 | 175 | 202 | 168 | 184 | 158 | 204 | 141 |
| Bills initiated House & amended in House | 18 | 24 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 41 | 42 | 30 |
| House agrees to Senate request of Amendment to money bills | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Declared urgent – ‘guillotine’ | 1 | 2 | 26 | 40 | 1 | 93 | 59 | 78 |
| Private Members Bills intro into House | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Days on which Matters of Public Importance or Grievance debated | 48 | 48 | 62 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 59 | 43 |
| Questions without Notice | 597 | 491 | 733 | 934 | 898 | 715 | 665 | 453 |
| House of Representatives Statistics 1991-99 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activities | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| No. Sitting Days | 67 | 60 | 46 | 68 | 70 | 61 | 76 | 39 | 73 |
| Bills Initiated in House | 186 | 240 | 150 | 144 | 144 | 156 | 220 | 111 | 205 |
| Bills Received from Senate | 19 | 42 | 34 | 53 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 19 |
| Carried over from previous session | 81 | 51 | 21 | 123 | 127 | 41 | 87 | 180 | 303 |
| Bills Passed Senate & House | 204 | 255 | 138 | 167 | 177 | 83 | 222 | 106 | 201 |
| Bills initiated House & amended in House | 31 | 21 | 20 | 39 | 47 | 19 | 48 | 26 | 46 |
| House agrees to Senate request of Amendment to money bills | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| Declared urgent – ‘guillotine’ | 101 | 132 | 111 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Private Members Bills intro into House | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Days on which Matters of Public Importance or Grievance debated | 66 | 63 | 29 | 65 | 58 | 50 | 71 | 28 | 63 |
| Questions without Notice | 861 | 616 | 429 | 890 | 864 | 1127 | 1478 | 730 | 1370 |
| Bills referred to Main Committee | 45 | 55 | 52 | 108 | 51 | 47 | |||
