Searching for the word race in Senate within the 1970s…
The word race
- appears in 0.5% of speeches
- appears 1017 times in 531 speeches
- was spoken on 305 sitting days by 89 different people
- appears in speeches on 339 different topics
Top speakers:
- CAVANAGH, James (95 uses)
- BONNER, Neville (91 uses)
- MURPHY, Lionel (58 uses)
- KEEFFE, James (56 uses)
- GIETZELT, Arthur (38 uses)
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Top days:
- 15 May 1975 (54 uses)
- 22 May 1975 (45 uses)
- 21 November 1973 (30 uses)
- 29 May 1975 (29 uses)
- 14 September 1978 (28 uses)
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Top topics:
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BILL 1975: Second Reading (106 uses)
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BILL 1975 (30 uses)
- PIG SLAUGHTER LEVY AMENDMENT BILL 1978: First Reading (28 uses)
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BILL 1973: Second Reading (23 uses)
- ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS (QUEENSLAND RESERVES AND COMMUNITIES SELF-MANAGEMENT) BILL 1978: Second Reading (23 uses)
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Associated words:
- race relations (76 appearances)
- aboriginal race (56 appearances)
- race colour (54 appearances)
- arms race (43 appearances)
- human race (39 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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The Constitution in outlining the qualifications of electors made no distinctions on the grounds of race but the franchise was restricted.
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He suggested that in order to compete in the race it would be necessary for the vessel to be equipped with a world-range transmitter, ranging from 2 to 18 megahertz, I think he said.
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I repeat what I said at Question Time, that is, the Government deplores discrimination in any context on grounds of race, religion or for any other reason.
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One legal opinion I have seen assumes that the High Court could well rule that Aborigines are not people of a special race.
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Whilst 1 do not think that the Australian publicwould give the Commonwealth Parliament power to acquire land for all people of a particular race, I am certain that if all parties supported an appeal to the Australian public to allow it to alter the Constitution sufficiently to let the Government legislate to give land to Aboriginal people there would be a successful result.