Searching for the word power in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word power
- appears in 7.7% of speeches
- appears 18993 times in 8240 speeches
- was spoken on 706 sitting days by 228 different people
- appears in speeches on 3290 different topics
Top speakers:
- PRESIDENT, The (684 uses)
- FRASER, Malcolm (489 uses)
- BOWEN, Lionel (471 uses)
- WHITLAM, Gough (430 uses)
- UREN, Tom (408 uses)
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Top days:
- 26 September 1973 (152 uses)
- 2 June 1977 (147 uses)
- 9 October 1973 (124 uses)
- 18 September 1973 (120 uses)
- 25 August 1977 (119 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (345 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (215 uses)
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1971-72 (142 uses)
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE (138 uses)
- CONSTITUTION ALTERATION (PRICES) BILL 1973: Second Reading (135 uses)
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Associated words:
- nuclear power (1273 appearances)
- purchasing power (514 appearances)
- power station (503 appearances)
- power stations (330 appearances)
- constitutional power (252 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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Labor Government in Canberra will control the new urban development in Western Australia and, I predict, ultimately land generally, including farming and grazing land, because the land commission will have power to designate any area in Western Australia.
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The purposes contained in this clause remain unclear, although it can be argued that the over-riding duty imposed on the Minister may be beyond his power.
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Yet, in the short period of two years, since coming to power, we have seen a complete revitalising of such exploration.
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We think that such powers of the Corporation are necessary in that it has a function to operate with respect to exports and we think that if it is so to operate, it needs to have powers of this character.
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The question of this Parliament’s having no power or authority to impose such a freeze is also ignored in their scramble and desperate attempts to gain some political favour in the electorate.