2020 Parliamentary sittings

The program for the 2020 Parliamentary sittings was agreed to by the House of Representatives on 24 October 2019, and by the Senate on 14 November 2019. The program was varied in March, April and May 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic. The program for parliamentary sitting as published below reflects those variations, including changes to the second half of the year that have been agreed to by the House of Representatives and the Senate on 14 May 2020.

Senate

At the conclusion of its meeting on 23 March 2020 the Senate suspended further sittings and estimates hearings until 11 August 2020. On 14 May the Senate agreed to its sitting schedule and estimates hearings for the remainder of the 2020 calendar year. On 18 July 2020 in accordance with advice from the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer and the requests of the Leaders of the Government and Opposition in the Senate, the scheduled sitting fortnight (4 to 13 August 2020) was deferred. The Senate is now next scheduled to meet on Monday 24 August 2020 at 10 am, and a revised sitting pattern will be uploaded when available.