Collocations for the word defence when used in the Senate during the 1970s
| Collocation | Frequency |
|---|---|
| defence forces | 864 |
| defence force | 765 |
| defence service | 427 |
| defence upon | 349 |
| defence expenditure | 220 |
| defence services | 206 |
| australian defence | 181 |
| defence purposes | 158 |
| defence act | 146 |
| defence department | 133 |
| defence policy | 116 |
| defence equipment | 103 |
| defence vote | 79 |
| defence capability | 74 |
| defence committee | 73 |
| defence needs | 53 |
| civil defence | 50 |
| defence requirements | 50 |
| defence statement | 45 |
| defence structure | 44 |
| defence organisation | 43 |
| defence expenditures | 42 |
| naval defence | 42 |
| defence capacity | 41 |
| defence system | 41 |
| defence personnel | 39 |
| loan defence | 39 |
| states defence | 38 |
| defence spending | 37 |
| joint defence | 35 |
| defence aircraft | 34 |
| defence capabilities | 34 |
| defence policies | 34 |
| defence procurement | 33 |
| adequate defence | 32 |
| defence industry | 32 |
| defence matters | 32 |
| defence area | 31 |
| defence whether | 31 |
| defence preparedness | 30 |
| defence projects | 30 |
| defence facilities | 29 |
| air defence | 28 |
| defence establishment | 28 |
| defence aid | 27 |
| defence council | 27 |
| defence emergency | 27 |
| defence establishments | 27 |
| defence planning | 27 |
| defence programme | 27 |
| national defence | 27 |
| approved defence | 26 |
| defence arrangements | 26 |
| defence co-operation | 26 |
| defence group | 26 |
| defence space | 26 |
| defence report | 23 |
| defence said | 23 |
| defence senator | 23 |
| defence situation | 23 |
| defence would | 23 |
| defence budget | 22 |
| defence effort | 22 |
| defence minister | 22 |
| defence review | 22 |
| new defence | 22 |
| defence program | 20 |
| general defence | 20 |
| american defence | 19 |
| defence advisers | 19 |
| defence aware | 19 |
| defence re-establishment | 19 |
| defence research | 19 |
| defence white | 19 |
| forward defence | 19 |
| future defence | 19 |
| security defence | 19 |
| defence estimates | 18 |
| defence industries | 17 |
| defence installations | 17 |
| defence production | 16 |
| defence science | 16 |
| effective defence | 16 |
| holsworthy defence | 16 |
| total defence | 16 |
| better defence | 15 |
| defence amendment | 15 |
| defence announced | 14 |
| defence appropriations | 14 |
| defence authorities | 14 |
| defence bill | 14 |
| defence made | 14 |
| defence powers | 14 |
| defence experts | 13 |
| defence power | 13 |
| defence project | 13 |
| defence security | 13 |
| self defence | 13 |
| defence counsel | 12 |
| defence departments | 12 |