Searching for the word race in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word race
- appears in 0.6% of speeches
- appears 858 times in 612 speeches
- was spoken on 365 sitting days by 150 different people
- appears in speeches on 426 different topics
Top speakers:
- BRYANT, Gordon (54 uses)
- WENTWORTH, William Charles (37 uses)
- BEAZLEY, Kim (33 uses)
- KILLEN, James (26 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (26 uses)
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Top days:
- 9 April 1975 (38 uses)
- 8 April 1975 (18 uses)
- 25 October 1979 (16 uses)
- 2 December 1971 (14 uses)
- 28 October 1971 (12 uses)
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Top topics:
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BILL 1975: Second Reading (29 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (25 uses)
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BILL 1975 (25 uses)
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (18 uses)
- QUESTION: ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT (17 uses)
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Associated words:
- aboriginal race (63 appearances)
- human race (52 appearances)
- race colour (50 appearances)
- arms race (42 appearances)
- race relations (40 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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We have to do everything in our power to reduce the expenditure on arms, the impact of our arms expenditure in this region and use whatever influence we have with our neighbours to prevent them embarking on an arms race.
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As a matter of fact everybody is in the race to see who will bring in the first electoral provision recognising young people of 18 and older as adults.
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The Commonwealth is an institution devoted to the promotion of international understanding and world peace, and to the achievement of equal rights for all citizens regardless of race, colour, sex, creed or political belief, and is committed to the eradication of the dangerous evils of racism and racial prejudice,
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What was the ethnic composition of the team, i.e., black, white and mixed race.
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If that person is a German, an Italian or of some other race he could say: ‘This man has sacked me because I am not a dinky-di Aussie’.