Searching for the word unions in Senate within the 1970s…
The word unions
- appears in 2.7% of speeches
 - appears 7708 times in 2584 speeches
 - was spoken on 624 sitting days by 109 different people
 - appears in speeches on 1170 different topics
 
Top speakers:
- BISHOP, Reginald (834 uses)
 - MULVIHILL, James (454 uses)
 - GREENWOOD, Ivor (396 uses)
 - PRESIDENT, The (362 uses)
 - CAVANAGH, James (304 uses)
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Top days:
- 24 September 1974 (284 uses)
 - 25 May 1972 (241 uses)
 - 1 June 1977 (202 uses)
 - 11 November 1976 (198 uses)
 - 18 June 1970 (174 uses)
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Top topics:
- CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BILL 1972: Second Reading (292 uses)
 - CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BILL 1974: Second Reading (279 uses)
 - CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BILL 1972 (194 uses)
 - TRADE UNION TRAINING AUTHORITY BILL 1975: Second Reading (181 uses)
 - HOMES SAVINGS GRANT BILL 1970 (176 uses)
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Associated words:
- trade unions (2738 appearances)
 - credit unions (318 appearances)
 - unions concerned (90 appearances)
 - unions would (85 appearances)
 - service unions (73 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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It may seem that a report on the priority of Crown debts is a rather esoteric legal subject of no great significance, but in fact it is a matter which I know from contacts in my home State of Tasmania is of great concern, not only to chambers of commerce but to trade unions.
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It is these companies, not the trade unions or wage earners, that control inflation.
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I repeat that it is significant that neither the Australian Council of Trade Unions nor the Victorian Trades Hall Council has endorsed the Centre.
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Subsequent to that, the unions involved decided that they would not handle the wheat.
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What the unions do about their political affiliations is in the spectrum of politics.