Searching for the word protest in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word protest
- appears in 0.9% of speeches
- appears 1410 times in 986 speeches
- was spoken on 483 sitting days by 177 different people
- appears in speeches on 680 different topics
Top speakers:
- WHITLAM, Gough (51 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (51 uses)
- SNEDDEN, Billy (34 uses)
- HAYDEN, Bill (32 uses)
- WENTWORTH, William Charles (31 uses)
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Top days:
- 14 April 1970 (21 uses)
- 21 April 1971 (20 uses)
- 27 August 1970 (16 uses)
- 2 May 1973 (16 uses)
- 16 April 1970 (15 uses)
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Top topics:
- ADJOURNMENT (52 uses)
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE (44 uses)
- PUBLIC ORDER (PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY) BILL 1971: Second Reading (27 uses)
- VIETNAM MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN: Ministerial Statement (21 uses)
- NATIONAL HEALTH BILL 1970 (17 uses)
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Associated words:
- protest meetings (26 appearances)
- protest meeting (24 appearances)
- protest note (23 appearances)
- public protest (16 appearances)
- strong protest (15 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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-On behalf of the Opposition it is necessary for me to lodge some protest, not so much at the suspension of the 11 o’clock rule- that happens fairly frequently at this stage of parliament- but at the amount of legislation which has been brought into the Parliament in the last day or so and the amount which is to be brought in today.
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I have protested at this attitude that communications between the Commonwealth and a State are confidential under legislation that this Parliament has passed providing for such communications.
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The point I wish to raise in particular is that there are numerous occasions when members of the Opposition are provoked into trying to make some sort of protest against what goes on in the chamber.
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Those honourable members opposite, if they have any courage, will stand up and protest because parliamentary sittings are such that we have only Mondays in our offices to look after mail horn our constituents.
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He said: ‘Because of certain suggestions’ - one was the aide-memoire that had been received from the Yugoslav Government at the time - ‘it might not be appropriate to make a protest.