Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    This House prefers a world in which, upon reaching childhood, all people intuitively come to know their natural expiration date.
  • 2
    Assuming that religion would be prominent in either world, This House would prefer the dominance of polytheistic religions instead of monotheistic ones.
  • 3
    This House prefers a world where these supercontinents had never broken up.

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    That social movements should use religious justifications from religions that have historically oppressed them to support their cause.
  • 2
    That feminists in developed countries should prioritise advocating for the rights of women in developing countries.
  • 3
    That personnel (e.g. doctors, teachers) should be rotated between private and public systems.

    • Round 5

  • 1
    That we should not allow life insurers to discount premiums in return for individuals providing them with data from activity trackers (eg. Fitbits).
  • 2
    This House would ban zero-hour contracts.
  • 3
    This House would institute a maximum wage of $1 million.

    • Round 4

  • 1
    This House believes that the INC should have distanced themselves from the Gandhi-Nehru family for the 2019 Indian Election.
  • 2
    This House supports the decision of Israel, Pakistan and India to be non-signatories to the NPT.
  • 3
    This House, assuming feasibility, would pursue the prosecution of war criminals and genocidaires in Myanmar through domestic courts (e.g. the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) instead of international courts (e.g. the International Criminal Court or International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda).

    • Round 3

  • 1
    This House would put a moratorium on the adaptation of pre-existing source material (movies, books, comics, etc.) into film and TV for 10 years.
  • 2
    This House regrets the portrayal of TV characters with assumed but undiagnosed/undefined behavioural and emotional disorders (e.g. Abed from 'Community').
  • 3
    This House regrets queer stories (books, film, TV, etc.) that focus largely on sex.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    This House, as the INF, would agree to the IOC’s demands in order to get Olympic status.
  • 2
    That domestic sporting leagues (e.g. the NRL) should implement measures to restrict and deter their players from switching codes (for example, not allowing players an early exit from their contract, banning players from coming back to the league should their switch fail).
  • 3
    This house, as Rugby Australia, regrets our attempted termination of Israel Folau’s contract.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    This house supports the US presidential primaries beginning with smaller, less populous states.
  • 2
    That in jurisdictions with a large selection of nominees and long election campaigns, those with a small probability of success should refrain from nominating or withdraw at an early stage.
  • 3
    That, in jurisdictions with a first-past-the-post electoral system, we should allow negative voting.