Searching for the word woman in Senate within the 1970s…
The word woman
- appears in 0.7% of speeches
- appears 1196 times in 662 speeches
- was spoken on 371 sitting days by 98 different people
- appears in speeches on 425 different topics
Top speakers:
- CAVANAGH, James (90 uses)
- MELZER, Jean (71 uses)
- COLEMAN, Ruth (70 uses)
- MULVIHILL, James (65 uses)
- GUILFOYLE, Margaret (54 uses)
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Top days:
- 9 November 1978 (56 uses)
- 25 October 1979 (25 uses)
- 18 October 1972 (25 uses)
- 30 October 1974 (23 uses)
- 22 November 1978 (21 uses)
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Top topics:
- AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ORDINANCE 1978: Motion to Disallow Ordinance (47 uses)
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (42 uses)
- FAMILY LAW BILL 1974: Second Reading (36 uses)
- SOCIAL SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL 1979 (25 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT: National Service - Vietnam (23 uses)
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Associated words:
- man woman (33 appearances)
- young woman (28 appearances)
- one woman (26 appearances)
- married woman (22 appearances)
- every woman (17 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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It is the sort of organisation which has written on its walls, ‘Lesbianism is beautiful’, and ‘The family is woman’s bondage’.
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It is our duty, our responsibility and our privilege to secure for every Australian man, woman and child the quality of life that will result in achieving, or at least may help people to achieve, a way of life of their own choice but of an intellectual, material and spiritual quality, if you wish, that is not discriminatory of anyone in any way, and I do commend that to honourable senators.
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If there is currently no vacancy on the Appeals Tribunal in Queensland, will the Minister consider the appointment of a woman when there is a vacancy in the future?
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I ask the Minister: Cannot the Australian Government at least lay a wreath on her grave, if not make a contribution towards giving a decent grave to this woman who left Australia a better place than she found it?
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That is not the situation and, as a result of the lack of child care facilities and, now, the necessity for a woman to be really ill before she can use up her sick leave credits as well, we will see women returning to the work force, because they need to hold their jobs, before they are properly fit to do so, or have been able to make really satisfactory arrangements for their small babies.