Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    THBT doctors working in public healthcare systems should be prohibited from offering parallel private services
  • 2
    THO barriers to abortion
  • 3
    THW impose sanctions on states underreporting cases of contagious diseases

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    TH, as the GCC, Would attempt to take permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz
  • 2
    THO the establishment of an ASEAN standing army
  • 3
    THP the federalisation of the European Union

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT doctors working in public healthcare systems should be prohibited from offering parallel private services
  • 2
    THO barriers to abortion
  • 3
    THW impose sanctions on states underreporting cases of contagious diseases

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THP a world where children maintain close ties with their parents even after they have reached adulthood
  • 2
    In hyper-competitive academic environments, THBT parents are justified in engaging in “soft corruption” (e.g., networking pressure, strategic donations, legacy leverage) to secure advantages for their children.
  • 3
    THO the trend of parents exposing their children to political concepts at a young age

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THBT parties should abandon traditional issue ownership when it becomes contested rather than attempting to reclaim it
  • 2
    THBT it is interest of the Republican Party to distance from Trump in the 2028 Elections
  • 3
    TH predicts that voter apathy will increase, and not decrease, in western democracies over the next decade

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THP a world where individuals “make things personal"
  • 2
    THR the popularisation of the "performative male" archetype
  • 3
    THBT partaking in gossip is morally illegitimate

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THR the romanticization of poverty in media
  • 2
    THS the rise of individuals publicly expressing their frustrations and vulnerabilities on social media
  • 3
    THW remove all laws surrounding Music Sampling