That we should not encourage young people to pursue their 'dream job' where it comes at the expense of their long term financial security (Dream Jobs)
22%
27%
12 Aff wins
15 Neg wins
probably balanced
12%
6%
13 Aff vetoes
7 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level
That young Australians should unite behind a youth-orientated political party rather than joining or supporting existing parties (Youth Parties)
9%
27%
5 Aff wins
15 Neg wins
imbalanced at 5% level
13%
5%
14 Aff vetoes
6 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 10% level
That we should regret the norm that young people are indebted to their parents (Parental Regret)
7%
7%
4 Aff wins
4 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
10%
23%
11 Aff vetoes
25 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 2% level
Round 2
That television shows and films should depict LGBTIQA people as significantly more happy and fulfilled than they are in real life (LGBTIQATV)
7%
22%
4 Aff wins
12 Neg wins
imbalanced at 5% level
29%
7%
32 Aff vetoes
8 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 0.1% level
That actors from racial minorities should refuse roles that portray racial stereotypes (TV Minorities)
20%
7%
11 Aff wins
4 Neg wins
imbalanced at 10% level
25%
2 Aff vetoes
27 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 0.1% level
That we should regret television shows and films that portray the police in a positive light (e.g. Law & Order: SVU) (SVU Positive)
25%
18%
14 Aff wins
10 Neg wins
imbalanced at 50% level
15%
15%
17 Aff vetoes
16 Neg vetoes
probably balanced
Round 3
That the government should be able to censor the publication of economic news during a confidence crisis (Confidence)
7%
20%
4 Aff wins
11 Neg wins
imbalanced at 10% level
25%
28 Aff vetoes
5 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 0.1% level
That the refugee convention should recognise economic poverty as a legitimate form of persecution (Persecution)
7%
22%
4 Aff wins
12 Neg wins
imbalanced at 5% level
15%
24%
16 Aff vetoes
26 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level
That all individual salary information should be publicly available (Publicly available)
29%
15%
16 Aff wins
8 Neg wins
imbalanced at 50% level
8%
21%
9 Aff vetoes
23 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 2% level
Round 4
That the Australian government should not reject visa applicants on the grounds that they hold objectionable views (Visas)
7%
11%
4 Aff wins
6 Neg wins
probably balanced
29%
13%
32 Aff vetoes
14 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 1% level
That progressive Australians should refuse to support or vote for the ALP until it opposes the offshore mandatory detention of asylum seekers (ALP)
15%
25%
8 Aff wins
14 Neg wins
imbalanced at 50% level
11%
16%
12 Aff vetoes
18 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level
That misleading advertising penalties should apply to political speech (Political Ads)
18%
24%
10 Aff wins
13 Neg wins
probably balanced
6%
16%
7 Aff vetoes
18 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 5% level
Round 5
That the US Republican Party should actively campaign against Donald J. Trump if he is elected the party’s presidential nominee (Donalt Trump)
20%
15%
11 Aff wins
8 Neg wins
imbalanced at 50% level
18%
9%
20 Aff vetoes
10 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 10% level
That we support the recent US foreign policy of re-engaging rogue states (e.g. Iran, Cuba) (Re-engaging Rogue States)
20%
5%
11 Aff wins
3 Neg wins
imbalanced at 5% level
20%
23%
22 Aff vetoes
25 Neg vetoes
probably balanced
That the West should offer amnesty from prosecution to individuals who defect from terrorist organisations (Terrorist Amnesty)
11%
29%
6 Aff wins
16 Neg wins
imbalanced at 5% level
9%
14%
10 Aff vetoes
15 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level
Round 6
That feminists should celebrate examples of hyper-femininity (hyperfeminity)
22%
15%
12 Aff wins
8 Neg wins
imbalanced at 50% level
15%
12%
16 Aff vetoes
13 Neg vetoes
probably balanced
That the progressive movement should celebrate the death of conservative figures (progressives)
7%
20%
4 Aff wins
11 Neg wins
imbalanced at 10% level
25%
9%
28 Aff vetoes
10 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 1% level
That we should ban the military’s use of drugs that suppress soldiers’ sense of fear during combat (suppress soldiers)
16%
20%
9 Aff wins
11 Neg wins
probably balanced
7%
22%
8 Aff vetoes
24 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 1% level
Octofinals
That ethical vegans and vegetarians should not analogise animal exploitation to examples of human oppression (such as genocide, slavery and the subjugation of women) (Vegans)
25%
0 Aff wins
2 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
13%
25%
2 Aff vetoes
4 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
That feminists should never critique mothers’ parenting except where it is obviously abusive or neglectful (Feminism)
13%
25%
1 Aff win
2 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
13%
2 Aff vetoes
0 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
That atheists in countries with a majority religion should refrain from criticising minority religions (atheism)
25%
13%
2 Aff wins
1 Neg win
balance inconclusive
6%
6%
1 Aff veto
1 Neg veto
balance inconclusive
Quarterfinals
That we prefer enforceable but weak international conventions to non-binding aspirational ones (eg on climate change, intellectual property, human rights) (Binding Conventions)
25%
25%
1 Aff win
1 Neg win
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
That we should allow individuals to bring criminal charges to court at their own expense where the state prosecutor declines to do so (Criminal Charges)
25%
0 Aff wins
1 Neg win
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
That companies (eg Apple, WhatsApp) should comply with warrants to make data accessible when courts deem it necessary to the public interest (Data Warrants)
25%
1 Aff win
0 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Semifinals
That the government should requisition all private residential property and allocate it rotationally on the basis of a 10 year lottery (secretly communism)
50%
1 Aff win
0 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
That queer people of colour should form a separate movement from the LGBTQIAA movement (probably tyrone's topic)
50%
1 Aff win
0 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Grand Final
That we recognise a right to privacy for the deceased (e.g. access to social media profiles, copyright, medical records) (Deceased Privacy)