Searching for the phrase boat people in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The phrase boat people
- appears in 0.0% of speeches
- appears 22 times in 14 speeches
- was spoken on 12 sitting days by 9 different people
- appears in speeches on 13 different topics
Top speakers:
- BRAITHWAITE, Ray (5 uses)
- MCLEAN, Ross (4 uses)
- MACKELLAR, Michael (4 uses)
- STEWART, Francis (2 uses)
- ANTHONY, Doug (2 uses)
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Top days:
- 11 May 1978 (4 uses)
- 24 May 1979 (3 uses)
- 23 May 1978 (3 uses)
- 21 November 1979 (2 uses)
- 8 November 1979 (2 uses)
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Top topics:
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE (4 uses)
- SUPPLY BILL (No. 1) 1979-80: Second Reading (3 uses)
- QUESTION: INTAKE OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES (2 uses)
- QUESTION: KAMPUCHEAN REFUGEES (2 uses)
- WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Torres Strait (Question No. 908) (2 uses)
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Sample sentences:
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With the exception of the 1016 boat people, who have still to have their status determined, all of the abovementioned arrivals were given migrant entry visas and have permanent resident status in Australia.
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More recently, Australia has made substantial contributions to UNCHR’s Special Program for Indo-Chinese refugees in Thailand and other countries in Asia, including the boat people.
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The closer that Australians live to the point of entry to Australia of Vietnamese boat people, as they are described, the greater is the concern of those people.
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We witnessed first-hand several of the terribly compact refugee camps in countries that had received the boat people and in Thailand.
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We have recognised that, when boat people arrive, the options open to this country are limited.