Searching for the word powers in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word powers
- appears in 3.1% of speeches
- appears 6664 times in 3377 speeches
- was spoken on 673 sitting days by 209 different people
- appears in speeches on 1685 different topics
Top speakers:
- PRESIDENT, The (282 uses)
- WHITLAM, Gough (274 uses)
- BOWEN, Lionel (209 uses)
- SINCLAIR, Ian (202 uses)
- FRASER, Malcolm (175 uses)
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Top days:
- 20 November 1979 (75 uses)
- 22 May 1973 (68 uses)
- 31 May 1977 (60 uses)
- 9 October 1975 (60 uses)
- 26 September 1973 (59 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (101 uses)
- CONSTITUTION ALTERATION (INTER-CHANGE OF POWERS) BILL 1975: Second Reading (70 uses)
- CORPORATIONS AND SECURITIES INDUSTRY BILL 1975 (63 uses)
- CUSTOMS AMENDMENT BILL (No. 4) 1979: Second Reading (61 uses)
- AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION BILL 1979: Second Reading (61 uses)
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Associated words:
- constitutional powers (158 appearances)
- great powers (121 appearances)
- wide powers (93 appearances)
- super powers (72 appearances)
- major powers (69 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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This is the relevance of the external affairs powers and the need to decide it, because if by chance the Premier of Queensland is right he cannot, because his State possesses no international personality, argue his own case and he cannot adopt the simplistic method of saying: T invite an independent New Guinea to agree with me to draw a median line’.
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The States have a right to look to the Senate and to know what the powers of the Senate are so that they can have the opportunity to press their views through the Senate - through the States’ House.
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To understand what has happened and the amendment to what I understand the legislation seeks to achieve, we need to bear in mind continually the division of legislative powers between the Commonwealth and Slate governments.
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The former deals essentially with the incorporation of co-operative trading societies, building societies and credit societies, their powers and operation; the latter is an Act to facilitate the borrowing of money by co-operative building societies and the Commissioner for Housing.
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In fact, I still have the telegram I received from you on 8 May 1973, calling upon me to withdraw my amendments to the Act which required that all union officers exercising powers to make or alter rules, impose fines upon members, expel members or to exercise the functions of union management, must be elected by a direct vote of all of the union members likely to be affected by those decisions.