QUEENSLAND STATISTICS

MEMBERS

Legislative Assembly - 89 (66 ALP; 12 NP; 3 LP, 3 ONP; 5 Ind.)

SITTING PATTERN

Autumn session - February-June
Spring Session - July-December

SITTING HOURS

Day	Assembly
Tuesday	9.30 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.
Wednesday	9.30 a.m.-11.30 p.m.
Thursday	9.30 a.m.-7.30 p.m.

HOUSE SITTINGS

	Assembly
	Autumn January - June	Spring July - December
Sitting weeks	6	11
Sitting days	19	34
After midnight	2	3
Total hours	155 hrs 44 min	292 hrs 19 mins
Avg per day	8 hrs 18 min	8 hrs 59 min
Longest day	12 hrs 31 min	13 hrs 57 min

COMMITTEES

Type	Number	Pages	Hours
Full-day hearing	2	106	11 hrs 45 min
Part-day hearing	12	250	25 hrs 39 min
Intra and interstate hearings	3	60	5 hrs 26 min
TOTAL	17	416	42 hrs 50 min

SALARIES

Permanent staff

	Min	Max
Chief Reporter (1)		$103 509
Deputy Chief Reporter (1)	$72 093	$75 197
Assistant Editor/Supervisor (2)	$59 061	$63 290
Reporter* (7)	$52 841	$56 502
Editorial Cooridnator (1)	$39 875	$43 796

Casual staff

Editors	$37.78 per hour
Reporters	$33.80 to $36.00**

* One reproting position is currently occupied by two reporters working 50 per cent permanent part time.
* When not engaged in parliamentary work, reportersperform fee-for-service for the State Reporting Bereau and federal Hansard.
** Depending on experience

OVERTIME

Editorial Coordintaor can choose o be paid overtime or take leave in lieu:
all other staff entitled to tme off in lieu of all overtime worked.

ALLOWANCES

Travelling expenses

Actual expenses plus $13.25 per day incidental expences.
No other allowances paid to any staff.

LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS

Editorial Coordinator	4 weeks
All other staff*	6 weeks**
Long Service	13 weeks after 10 years

* Unless on leave, including time off in lieu leave, all staff must be at work.
** 4 weeks with 17.5 percent loading and 2 no loading weeks