Searching for the word tyranny in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word tyranny
- appears in 0.1% of speeches
- appears 115 times in 86 speeches
- was spoken on 76 sitting days by 56 different people
- appears in speeches on 69 different topics
Top speakers:
- WENTWORTH, William Charles (11 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (9 uses)
- HODGMAN, Michael (8 uses)
- THOMSON, David Scott (7 uses)
- MILLAR, Clarrie (4 uses)
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Top days:
- 24 February 1976 (6 uses)
- 31 July 1974 (5 uses)
- 16 May 1972 (4 uses)
- 28 February 1973 (4 uses)
- 6 August 1974 (4 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (9 uses)
- GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH: Suspension of Standing Orders (6 uses)
- QUESTION: ORGANIZATIONS (4 uses)
- QUESTION: SENATE (REPRESENTATION OF TERRITORIES) ACT 1973 (4 uses)
- CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BILL 1972 (4 uses)
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Sample sentences:
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Any dramatic alteration of our electoral laws, as proposed here, will not alter the vital composition of this place as regards ideology or philosophy, but democracy will be threatened in that it will make for the tyranny of a 2-party system.
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It is the suggestion that somehow or other the then Government might govern without Supply, like Charles I during the 11 year tyranny.
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We must use our tyranny of distance constructively by locating the sub-metropolitan centres at points intermediate between the cities and the regional growth centres.
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The Parliament’s members have enough difficulties through the tyranny of distance, as somebody called it.
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This is a tyranny of the majority - a complete denial of the rights of the minority within a democratic society.