Searching for the word independence in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word independence
- appears in 1.2% of speeches
- appears 2496 times in 1321 speeches
- was spoken on 513 sitting days by 185 different people
- appears in speeches on 791 different topics
Top speakers:
- PEACOCK, Andrew (230 uses)
- WHITLAM, Gough (165 uses)
- MORRISON, Bill (114 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (93 uses)
- FRASER, Malcolm (66 uses)
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Top days:
- 25 September 1973 (103 uses)
- 14 March 1974 (54 uses)
- 28 August 1975 (42 uses)
- 7 May 1970 (36 uses)
- 23 March 1976 (29 uses)
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Top topics:
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA BILL (No. 2) 1973: Second Readings (115 uses)
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (57 uses)
- QUESTION: PAPUA NEW GUINEA (50 uses)
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1970-71 (41 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (38 uses)
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Associated words:
- towards independence (37 appearances)
- political independence (29 appearances)
- financial independence (24 appearances)
- economic independence (23 appearances)
- complete independence (21 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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A lady in Madang said to me: ‘My houseboy said to me, “Independence means I get the house, the car and I get you as well” ‘.
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Once that was established - 1 am glad it has not been - then any independence which the ABC possessed would be at an end.
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The school leavers who have been added to the number of unemployed people are not only being denied a job but also are being denied any sort of economic independence.
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We in Australia must start to apply ourselves to the whole question of independence, freedom and selfgovernment in this area.
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The appropriate place to have raised such a matter in the United Nations would have been in the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration of the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (The Committee of Twenty-four).