That we support the return to mandatory in person university classes (In person classes)
17%
8%
2 Aff wins
1 Neg win
balance inconclusive
33%
8 Aff vetoes
1 Neg veto
balance inconclusive
That we should introduce a school voucher system (School vouchers)
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School vouchers are subsidies given directly to parents that can be spent on tuition for their child at any school
8%
8%
1 Aff win
1 Neg win
balance inconclusive
8%
29%
2 Aff vetoes
7 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
That student representative organisations should not take positions on issues that do not directly affect student rights (e.g. foreign affairs) (SRC)
33%
25%
4 Aff wins
3 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
8%
17%
2 Aff vetoes
4 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
Round 2
That lawyers should not be involved in jury selection (Lawyers)
8%
17%
1 Aff win
2 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
8%
21%
2 Aff vetoes
5 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
That retribution should never be a consideration in sentencing (Retribution)
8%
25%
1 Aff win
3 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
21%
5 Aff vetoes
1 Neg veto
balance inconclusive
That we should abolish anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs)
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Anti-social behaviour orders are civil penalties applied to people found to be engaging in anti-social behaviour (e.g. drunkenness, swearing, rioting, vandalism, racist language)
17%
25%
2 Aff wins
3 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
21%
25%
5 Aff vetoes
6 Neg vetoes
probably balanced
Round 3
That we should abolish local councils and redistribute their responsibilities to state governments (Local councils)
17%
17%
2 Aff wins
2 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
25%
17%
6 Aff vetoes
4 Neg vetoes
probably balanced
That governments should actively promote civic compassion (Compassion)
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Civic compassion refers to the idea that compassion is necessary for full participation in democracy. It entails the cultivation of compassion as a duty of educational institutions and the media, similar to the cultivation of political knowledge.
8%
8%
1 Aff win
1 Neg win
balance inconclusive
33%
1 Aff veto
8 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
That it is in the interests of the American Democratic Party for Joe Biden to decline to run for president in 2024 (Let's go, Brandon!)
17%
33%
2 Aff wins
4 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
21%
5 Aff vetoes
0 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
Round 4
That we regret the dominance of sex positive feminism (Sex positivity)
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Sex-positive feminism emphasises the importance of sex and sexual choice to women’s liberation. It emerged as a reaction against second wave feminists’ criticisms of pornography, sex work, and much heterosexual sex as inherently patriarchal.
8%
8%
1 Aff win
1 Neg win
balance inconclusive
42%
10 Aff vetoes
0 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 1% level
That we regret the prominence of coming out narratives in queer stories (Coming out)
25%
58%
3 Aff wins
7 Neg wins
imbalanced at 50% level
No teams vetoed this motion
Round 5
That, assuming equivalent foetal development, we prefer a world in which pregnancy lasted only 1 month. (Pregnancy)
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For the purposes of this debate, abortion is highly accessible and people know within a day if they are pregnant.
8%
1 Aff win
0 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
38%
0 Aff vetoes
9 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
That, as a recently divorced, childless engineer, we would volunteer to go to Mars (Mars)
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The first manned mission to Mars has landed. NASA is asking you and a group of 30 other volunteers to journey to Mars and establish a colony. Currently, there are no plans to return any volunteers to Earth.
25%
42%
3 Aff wins
5 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
13%
3 Aff vetoes
0 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
That we should ban sports with significant risk of concussion and CTE e.g. rugby, boxing (Sports)
25%
3 Aff wins
0 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
38%
13%
9 Aff vetoes
3 Neg vetoes
imbalanced at 10% level
Semifinals
That universities should not implement speech codes or codes of conduct that limit expression beyond the laws of their country (Discourse)
50%
0 Aff wins
1 Neg win
balance inconclusive
25%
1 Aff veto
0 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
That public interest should be a defence for violating privacy legislation (Privacy)
50%
1 Aff win
0 Neg wins
balance inconclusive
25%
1 Aff veto
0 Neg vetoes
balance inconclusive
Grand Final
That the government should be able to censor the publication of economic news during confidence crises (Economic news)