Searching for the word subvert in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word subvert
- appears in 0.1% of speeches
- appears 105 times in 91 speeches
- was spoken on 81 sitting days by 50 different people
- appears in speeches on 83 different topics
Top speakers:
- HAYDEN, Bill (9 uses)
- WHITLAM, Gough (8 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (6 uses)
- BURR, Max (6 uses)
- BRYANT, Gordon (6 uses)
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Top days:
- 17 August 1978 (6 uses)
- 22 March 1979 (5 uses)
- 5 November 1975 (4 uses)
- 8 June 1978 (3 uses)
- 6 June 1979 (3 uses)
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Top topics:
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE (8 uses)
- TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY: MEDICAL BENEFITS (4 uses)
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1975-76 AND APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 2) 1975-76 (3 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (3 uses)
- QUESTION: NOMAD AIRCRAFT (3 uses)
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Associated words:
- would subvert (4 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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It recognises what is legal in terms of a medical service and, accordingly, does not seek to subvert the right of people in the back door way which is implicit in the motion which the honourable member for Hume (Mr Lusher) has moved or which the amendments generally seek to impose, either more extremely in the case of the amendment moved by the honourable member for Moore (Mr Hyde), or less extremely but nonetheless within limitations in the case of the amendment moved by the honourable member for Eden-Monaro (Mr Sainsbury).
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There is a distrust of foreign investment just because it is foreign; a willingness to do without the benefits of investment if it is foreign - to cut off the nose to spite the face; a disposition to see foreign investors as being engaged in a Machiavellian plot to subvert Australia.
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Australian Federal governments have never tried to subvert the Constitution by, for example, extending the life of a Parliament.
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It is because of that that there is this contrivance afoot today, designed to subvert the proper conduct of this House aimed at making the Minister accountable in a way which is quite proper.
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Let me say firstly, that as far as I know, I am not acquainted with any person working in the Attorney-General’s Department, nor have I attempted to subvert either directly or indirectly any person working in that Department.