Motions

Grand Final

  • The motions for this round have not been released.
  • Semifinals

  • 1
    That the working class should embrace the rhetoric of class conflict and warfare
  • 2
    That the government should requisition all private residential property and allocate it rotationally on the basis of a 10 year lottery
  • 3
    That queer people of colour should form a separate movement from the LGBTQIAA movement
  • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    That we prefer enforceable but weak international conventions to non-binding aspirational ones (eg on climate change, intellectual property, human rights)
  • 2
    That we should allow individuals to bring criminal charges to court at their own expense where the state prosecutor declines to do so
  • 3
    That companies (eg Apple, WhatsApp) should comply with warrants to make data accessible when courts deem it necessary to the public interest
  • Octofinals

  • 1
    That ethical vegans and vegetarians should not analogise animal exploitation to examples of human oppression (such as genocide, slavery and the subjugation of women)
  • 2
    That feminists should never critique mothers’ parenting except where it is obviously abusive or neglectful
  • 3
    That atheists in countries with a majority religion should refrain from criticising minority religions
  • Round 6

  • 1
    That feminists should celebrate examples of hyper-femininity
  • 2
    That the progressive movement should celebrate the death of conservative figures
  • 3
    That we should ban the military’s use of drugs that suppress soldiers’ sense of fear during combat
  • Round 5

  • 1
    That the US Republican Party should actively campaign against Donald J. Trump if he is elected the party’s presidential nominee
  • 2
    That we support the recent US foreign policy of re-engaging rogue states (e.g. Iran, Cuba)
  • 3
    That the West should offer amnesty from prosecution to individuals who defect from terrorist organisations
  • Round 4

  • 1
    That the Australian government should not reject visa applicants on the grounds that they hold objectionable views
  • 2
    That progressive Australians should refuse to support or vote for the ALP until it opposes the offshore mandatory detention of asylum seekers
  • 3
    That misleading advertising penalties should apply to political speech
  • Round 3

  • 1
    That the government should be able to censor the publication of economic news during a confidence crisis
  • 2
    That the refugee convention should recognise economic poverty as a legitimate form of persecution
  • 3
    That all individual salary information should be publicly available
  • Round 2

  • 1
    That television shows and films should depict LGBTIQA people as significantly more happy and fulfilled than they are in real life
  • 2
    That actors from racial minorities should refuse roles that portray racial stereotypes
  • 3
    That we should regret television shows and films that portray the police in a positive light (e.g. Law & Order: SVU)
  • Round 1

  • 1
    That we should not encourage young people to pursue their 'dream job' where it comes at the expense of their long term financial security
  • 2
    That young Australians should unite behind a youth-orientated political party rather than joining or supporting existing parties
  • 3
    That we should regret the norm that young people are indebted to their parents