Searching for the word liberty in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word liberty
- appears in 0.3% of speeches
- appears 398 times in 307 speeches
- was spoken on 227 sitting days by 117 different people
- appears in speeches on 240 different topics
Top speakers:
- KILLEN, James (28 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (17 uses)
- BOWEN, Nigel (15 uses)
- ENDERBY, Kep (13 uses)
- MCVEIGH, Tom (10 uses)
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Top days:
- 20 August 1971 (13 uses)
- 13 November 1979 (6 uses)
- 8 March 1979 (6 uses)
- 7 April 1971 (6 uses)
- 8 June 1978 (6 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (14 uses)
- AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY PAROLE OF PRISONERS ORDINANCE 1971: Motion to Disallow Ordinance (13 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (11 uses)
- AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION BILL 1979 (10 uses)
- AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION BILL 1979: Second Reading (9 uses)
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Associated words:
- civil liberty (22 appearances)
- individual liberty (18 appearances)
- personal liberty (7 appearances)
- political liberty (4 appearances)
- liberty depends (3 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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The ability of a judicial inquiry to test the veracity of evidence and to test the reason why files have been collated is a great safeguard of liberty.
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His speech to the Australian Institute of Political Science was made in response to a speech delivered by the then member for Warringah, Mr Bland, who had delivered a paper entitled ‘Parliamentary Government and Liberty’.
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Often they are bowed down by petty procedural details, tyrannised by dated traditions and restricted in their liberty as individuals.
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I took the liberty of interpreting it that way a few moments ago.
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This group, which describes itself as defenders of liberty, defenders of each differing view, has at times decided that it is a coaltion of opposition opinion.