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Statistics

Out of 226 Parliamentarians, there are*:
Under 30 1 Over 60 33
Non-Indigenous 225 Indigenous 1
Male 160 Female 66
Born in Australia 197 Born Overseas 29
*As at 31 October 2011
Since the start of the 43rd Parliament*:
  House of Representatives Senate Total
Questions without Notice 1466 2252 3718
Petitions presented 278 69 347
Signatures to petitions received 847 326 55 577 902 903
*As at 22 March 2012
Bills since the start of the 43rd Parliament*:
  House of Representatives Senate Total
First introduced 344 108 452
Not passed (negatived) or proceeded with ** 10 9 19
Passed by both houses   289
*As at 22 March 2012
**Includes bills that were negatived, reintroduced then either passed or negatived for a second time.
Committee reports presented to the 43rd Parliament*:
House of Representatives** 208
Senate** 274
Total 482
*As at 22 March 2012
**Includes Joint Committees administered by this house of Parliament.
Composition of the House of Representatives:
  Political Party Numbers Total
Government* Australian Labor Party (ALP) 71 71
Opposition coalition Liberal Party of Australia (Lib) 59 71
The Nationals (the NATS) 11
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 1
Crossbench Australian Greens (AG) 1 1
Independents (IND) 5 5
Katter's Australian Party 1 1
Nationals WA 1 1
  Total 150 150
*As at 1 May 2012
**Formed with the support of four Independents and one member of the Australian Greens.
Composition of the Senate:
  Political Party Numbers Total
Government Australian Labor Party (ALP) 31 31
Opposition coalition Liberal Party of Australia (Lib) 28 34
The Nationals (the NATS) 5
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 1
Crossbench Australian Greens (AG) 9 11
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) 1
Independents (IND) 1
  Total 76 76
*As at 1 May 2012
Composition of the House of Representatives expanded:
State ALP Lib The NATS CLP AG KAP IND The NATS WA Total
NSW 25 16 4       3   48
VIC 22 12 2   1       37
QLD 8 15 5     1 1   30
WA 3 11           1 15
SA 6 5             11
TAS 4           1   5
ACT 2               2
NT 1     1         2
Australia 71 59 11 1 1 1 5 1 150
*As at 1 May 2012
Composition of the Senate expanded:
State ALP Lib The NATS CLP AG DLP IND Total
NSW 5 4 2   1     12
VIC 5 4 1   1 1   12
QLD 5 4 2   1     12
SA 4 5     2   1 12
WA 4 6     2     12
TAS 6 4     2     12
NT 1     1       2
ACT 1 1           2
Australia 31 28 5 1 9 1 1 76
*As at 1 May 2012

You can find more detailed statistics about the House of Representatives here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Statistics/House_of_Representatives_Statistics

You can find more detailed statistics about the Senate here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Statistics/Senate_StatsNet

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