Searching for the word immigrants in Senate within the 1970s…
The word immigrants
- appears in 0.2% of speeches
- appears 213 times in 147 speeches
- was spoken on 116 sitting days by 50 different people
- appears in speeches on 111 different topics
Top speakers:
- MULVIHILL, James (34 uses)
- GUILFOYLE, Margaret (21 uses)
- WHEELDON, John (16 uses)
- CHANEY, Fred (11 uses)
- MELZER, Jean (11 uses)
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Top days:
- 8 June 1979 (12 uses)
- 19 October 1976 (8 uses)
- 18 February 1971 (7 uses)
- 3 April 1973 (7 uses)
- 23 October 1979 (6 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: IMMIGRATION (19 uses)
- MIGRATION AMENDMENT BILL 1979: Second Reading (13 uses)
- IMMIGRATION (EDUCATION) BILL 1971: Second Reading (11 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (8 uses)
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: Immigration: Points System (Question No. 1623) (5 uses)
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Associated words:
- illegal immigrants (25 appearances)
- prohibited immigrants (24 appearances)
- many immigrants (5 appearances)
- greek immigrants (4 appearances)
- recent immigrants (3 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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I ask: Has the Australian Government given any consideration to changing Australia’s immigration policies and laws as a result of pressure by Japanese companies with financial interests in Australia to allow Japanese immigrants into this country?
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He made the point that 39 per cent of the child population of Australia was made up of immigrants.
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The unemployed are very largely immigrants to this country.
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Australia is a country of immigrants and both major political groupings in their policy statements have expressed the view that it is through mutual understanding and tolerance that we can best achieve a socially cohesive society where there is scope for cultural diversity.
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Yet we are still bringing in foreign doctors as immigrants.