Searching for the word minorities in Senate within the 1970s…
The word minorities
- appears in 0.1% of speeches
- appears 150 times in 101 speeches
- was spoken on 83 sitting days by 41 different people
- appears in speeches on 85 different topics
Top speakers:
- CARRICK, John (15 uses)
- KEEFFE, James (10 uses)
- MULVIHILL, James (10 uses)
- WITHERS, Reg (10 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (9 uses)
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Top days:
- 8 October 1975 (11 uses)
- 24 March 1977 (11 uses)
- 8 November 1979 (8 uses)
- 6 October 1971 (4 uses)
- 17 May 1973 (4 uses)
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Top topics:
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: Protection of Slovenian and Croatian Minorities in Austria (Question No. 113) (11 uses)
- ELECTORAL RE-DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) BILL 1975 [No. 2]: Second Reading (11 uses)
- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BILL 1979: Second Readings (7 uses)
- COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL (No. 2) 1973: Second Reading (4 uses)
- QUESTION: TELEVISION (4 uses)
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Associated words:
- ethnic minorities (22 appearances)
- croatian minorities (7 appearances)
- racial minorities (4 appearances)
- croat minorities (3 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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While it can be said that there was some mandate by majority at the last election, minorities have to be given some recognition.
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I reiterate that Australia and this Parliament cannot underestimate the danger of passing these amendments to one Act and thus introducing a new Act which has no teeth and which is merely a window dressing exercise which the Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser), on his recovery from flu and pneumonia, will be able to take back to Lusaka and parade on the stages of the world, saying ‘There is no racism in my country’, while the people of this country, including those who are less than white, those who are part of the more ethnic minorities and those who are refugees in this country, will continue to suffer.
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It is necessary to build a mechanism into a democracy to ensure that minorities get a say.
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In a democracy the people who suffer most are the minorities and we can reach a situation where they have no say whatsoever.
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Will he also make a statement of Australia ‘s attitude and policy towards the Governments of Mozambique and Rhodesia, and allegations made in relation to the alleged persecution of minorities in those countries.