Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    That we oppose misandrist humour.
  • 2
    That social media has strengthened democracy.
  • 3
    That we predict, in Western countries, that class mobility will significantly decrease over the next 50 years.

    • Round 5

  • 1
    That we support the nationalization of renting services.
  • 2
    That we oppose the Ethnic Integration Program.
  • 3
    That we prefer a world where people strongly identify with local communities over national identities.

    • Round 4

  • 1
    That university rankings (eg QS, Times Higher Education) should prioritize vocational outcomes (e.g. employment outcomes, average salary) over research.
  • 2
    That we support the deprioritization of ATAR requirements in the admissions process for undergrad Medicine.
  • 3
    That liberal democracies should not accept investment in strategic sectors by sovereign wealth funds from authoritarian states.

    • Round 3

  • 1
    That it is in the interests of the Catholic Church to recognise Santa Muerte as a saint.
  • 2
    That it is in the interests of religions to promote the first model of religious study rather than the second.
  • 3
    That we prefer a world where all religions had a centralised leader.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    That, as India, we regret the prioritisation of economic development via service exporting over light manufacturing exporting.
  • 2
    That we prefer the narrative of having to "choose between the lesser of two evils" in politics, as opposed to "rejecting both evils entirely".
  • 3
    That it is in the interests of the Teal Independents to form a political party.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    That we regret the romanticisation of authenticity in modern pop culture.
  • 2
    That we regret the dominance of butch/femme dynamics in lesbian culture.
  • 3
    That we prefer reductions in intra-national inequality to reductions in inter-national inequality (e.g. inequality within nations vs inequality between nations).