Sitting days for 2011

The sitting pattern for the House of Representatives was issued on 22 November 2010. In 2011 the House is scheduled to sit for 68 days (or 71 if required). The mean number of sitting days since 1996, in non-election years, is 70.5 days.

Since the beginning of the 38th Parliament, the number of sitting days has been:

Year	Sitting Days
1996	61
1997	76
1998	54
1999	73
2000	73
2001	56
2002	69
2003	74
2004	59
2005	67
2006	68
2007	50
2008	69
2009	68
2010	53

Election years are shown in bold.

The Parliamentary Library published a paper comparing sitting days for 2008 in other Australian parliaments and overseas.
(image sourced from: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/pics/chamber.gif)