Searching for the word constitutional in Senate within the 1970s…
The word constitutional
- appears in 2.5% of speeches
- appears 4884 times in 2428 speeches
- was spoken on 595 sitting days by 120 different people
- appears in speeches on 1076 different topics
Top speakers:
- WRIGHT, Reginald (335 uses)
- MURPHY, Lionel (334 uses)
- GREENWOOD, Ivor (331 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (288 uses)
- MISSEN, Alan (242 uses)
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Top days:
- 24 February 1977 (85 uses)
- 19 March 1974 (78 uses)
- 25 February 1977 (73 uses)
- 30 October 1974 (65 uses)
- 22 October 1975 (52 uses)
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Top topics:
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 2) 1975-76 (102 uses)
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (95 uses)
- QUESTION: CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (84 uses)
- FAMILY LAW BILL 1974 [No. 2] (83 uses)
- CONSTITUTION ALTERATION (SIMULTANEOUS ELECTIONS) BILL 1977: Second Reading (75 uses)
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Associated words:
- constitutional convention (454 appearances)
- constitutional power (303 appearances)
- constitutional powers (166 appearances)
- constitutional review (162 appearances)
- constitutional position (100 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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I am a patient soul, a submissive soul, but very persistent in the pursuit of principle and the preservation of the constitutional rights of this chamber, and not only the preservation, the improvement of them.
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Now in 1975 a similar situation has arisen but it turns out to be a great constitutional crisis.
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The constitutional authority of a Premier rests almost entirely upon his success at a general election and upon his continued authority in the popularly elected House, and not upon irresponsible speculations as to whether he would have lost his majority if the Constitution had provided for annual and not triennial elections.
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If the Australian Parliament wishes to use its present constitutional power to propose matters for the consideration of the people by way of referendum it is entitled to do so.
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Will the Federal Government use its power under the 1967 constitutional amendment to take over the administration and funding of the Aurukun and Mornington Island Aboriginal Communities, in view of: (a) the government’s previous undertaking that the two communities should become self-managing, and that no solution to the management dispute would be imposed if unacceptable to the communities; and (b) the communities’ clearly expressed rejection of the present arrangements, and the Queensland government’s failure to provide genuine self-management.