Searching for the word liberty in Senate within the 1970s…
The word liberty
- appears in 0.4% of speeches
- appears 550 times in 432 speeches
- was spoken on 284 sitting days by 78 different people
- appears in speeches on 318 different topics
Top speakers:
- CARRICK, John (39 uses)
- WRIEDT, Ken (38 uses)
- GREENWOOD, Ivor (34 uses)
- EVANS, Gareth (23 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (21 uses)
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Top days:
- 13 November 1979 (13 uses)
- 11 October 1979 (9 uses)
- 18 May 1972 (7 uses)
- 24 August 1978 (7 uses)
- 22 May 1973 (7 uses)
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Top topics:
- ADJOURNMENT (16 uses)
- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BILL 1979: Second Readings (15 uses)
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (13 uses)
- PASSPORTS AMENDMENT BILL 1979: Second Reading (9 uses)
- AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION BILL 1979: Second Readings (9 uses)
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Associated words:
- civil liberty (41 appearances)
- personal liberty (20 appearances)
- individual liberty (18 appearances)
- complete liberty (12 appearances)
- human liberty (11 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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We regard this provision as such a serious curtailment of the liberty of the subject that we believe that if there is to be such an offence it should be an indictable offence because, in our view, the safeguard of a jury trial is required in these circumstances.
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By a country that coined the phrase ‘Liberty, equality and fraternity’, this action was a prostitution of those values.
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The basic rationale of the speciality rule is to safeguard the liberty of the person and protect his human rights, especially where a person is only accused of an offence.
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My concern is also for those students in Thailand who feel that their life and liberty are being threatened, who may look at Australia as being a refuge and who may apply to come here.
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It has always been the practice of Australian higher courts to grant priority to the bearing and determination of appeals in capital cases on ground of humanity, and because the liberty of the subject is at stake.