Searching for the word democracy in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word democracy
- appears in 1.3% of speeches
- appears 2428 times in 1357 speeches
- was spoken on 503 sitting days by 197 different people
- appears in speeches on 701 different topics
Top speakers:
- PRESIDENT, The (146 uses)
- DALY, Fred (124 uses)
- BOWEN, Lionel (108 uses)
- WHITLAM, Gough (105 uses)
- BRYANT, Gordon (78 uses)
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Top days:
- 6 August 1974 (59 uses)
- 16 September 1970 (38 uses)
- 9 September 1975 (33 uses)
- 23 March 1976 (32 uses)
- 19 May 1976 (27 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (97 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (67 uses)
- QUESTION: COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT (No. 2) 1973 (53 uses)
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE (36 uses)
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1975-76 (35 uses)
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Associated words:
- parliamentary democracy (294 appearances)
- australian democracy (69 appearances)
- participatory democracy (33 appearances)
- industrial democracy (28 appearances)
- democracy would (18 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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The Labor Party promised greater participation in decision taking - more democracy.
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He was entrusted by honourable members with a task of unprecedented importance for the institution of Parliament and for the future of Australian democracy.
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Is that parliamentary democracy or is it socialism?
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If democracy is to work, and if there is to be free expression by the people in this Parliament, we have a right to a certain amount of the debating time.
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He referred to the Senate white-anting democracy, but I simply remind him and others that the Senate has just been re-elected.