Searching for the word rights in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word rights
- appears in 4.4% of speeches
- appears 10060 times in 4735 speeches
- was spoken on 700 sitting days by 220 different people
- appears in speeches on 2206 different topics
Top speakers:
- BOWEN, Lionel (529 uses)
- BRYANT, Gordon (399 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (377 uses)
- VINER, Ian (315 uses)
- WHITLAM, Gough (306 uses)
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Top days:
- 17 November 1976 (139 uses)
- 8 November 1979 (128 uses)
- 8 June 1978 (124 uses)
- 6 June 1978 (104 uses)
- 10 May 1973 (93 uses)
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Top topics:
- ADJOURNMENT (192 uses)
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE (136 uses)
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (129 uses)
- JOINT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE: Report (112 uses)
- HUMAN RIGHTS: Discussion of Matter of Public Importance (93 uses)
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Associated words:
- land rights (1071 appearances)
- human rights (1004 appearances)
- civil rights (181 appearances)
- voting rights (170 appearances)
- state rights (161 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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They both point to the outer edge of the margin as the limit of the coastal state’s rights.
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First, takeovers covered by the 1972 policy measures, that is, takeovers of businesses by means of asset acquisitions and takeovers of mineral rights.
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Is this because the Premier of Queensland has been a very good Queenslander and has stood up for the rights of that State against this Government despite the intimidation that has been thrown against him by this Government?
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It is nonsense for the Minister for Science to talk about any parallel between the rights of government and the roles of government in the Indian acquisition of Goa in the same sentence even as our rights and roles with respect to the future of Portuguese Timor.
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The Opposition opposes this transfer of power and, in particular, opposes the deletion of that clause of the 1975 Land Rights Bill which provided that this Parliament, through regulation, could override any Northern Territory legislation.