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Thursday, July 31, 2008

NSW and Qld parliamentarians - world's laziest ...

A comparison of sitting days shows that even politicians in war-torn African countries sit more days than our politicians.
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A comparison of the state jurisdictions showed NSW was the lowest in the country, when comparing sitting days for both Houses of Parliament.

NSW will sit for 48 days in 2008, while Mr Piccoli claimed Victoria sat for 66 days a year, South Australia for 58, Western Australia 57, Tasmania 53 and Queensland 50.

The UK's Parliament sits 146 days of the year, South Africa 104, Kenya 88, Canada 135, US Congress 150 and India 81.


See - Daily Telegraph - Are NSW politicians the world's laziest?

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