Motions

EFL Finals

  • 1
    That we regret the decline of Sufism in the Indian subcontinent
  • 2
    That we oppose the adoption of Māori cuisine by elite culinary institutions
  • 3
    That we prefer to be born into a society with high-context norms over one with low-context norms

    • ESL Finals

  • 1
    That, assuming feasibility, Ghana should cap the maximum cost of a funeral
  • 2
    That we oppose Malaysia's attempts to resettle the Bajau
  • 3
    That we oppose ethnographic refusal

    • Open Grand Final

  • 1
    That humanity should voluntarily adopt the last generation policy
  • 2
    That Gongzhou should vote in favour of abandoning Earth’s charter
  • 3
    That Earth's first settlement mission to another habitable planet should be a generation ship rather than a cryogenic mission

    • Open Semifinals

  • 1
    That, as Egypt, we would pursue a strategy of military sabotage against the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
  • 2
    That we support the 'One Army' plan in Syria
  • 3
    That Turkey's decision to close the Bosporus and Dardanelles to warships since 2022 has been in Russia's interest

    • Open Quarterfinals

  • 1
    That we regret the rise of e-carceration
  • 2
    That, assuming feasibility, we should replace elected representatives with an assembly of each voter's AI agent
  • 3
    That, assuming feasibility, we support a one year AI Pause between the Big Five AI labs

    • Open Pre-Quarterfinals

  • 1
    That we believe that Benjamin Netanyahu will be the next Prime Minister of Israel
  • 2
    That California should abolish Riparian and Appropriative water rights and instead charge market rates to all water users
  • 3
    That it is in the interests of liberals in the USA to advocate for greater state autonomy (e.g. lower federal taxation and higher state taxation, greater autonomy for state governments on labour and environmental laws)

    • Debate-off

  • 1
    That we should grant dictators amnesty in exchange for them stepping down
  • 2
    That developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for political office
  • 3
    That we believe regimes accused of committing human rights violations should be investigated by Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, rather than being subject to punitive mechanisms

    • Round 8

  • 1
    That we support the Independent Forfeiture Act
  • 2
    That we should abolish the offence of concealing a serious indictable offence
  • 3
    That we prefer career judiciary systems, to those where judges are appointed late in their life

    • Round 7

  • 1
    That we oppose Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi's decision to break away from PKR and lead BERSAMA
  • 2
    That we regret the ALP tax reform package
  • 3
    That we oppose Andy Burnham's promise to retain Labour's prior budget guardrails

    • Round 6

  • 1
    That the deployment of tripwire forces in disputed territories in the South China Sea is in the interest of the United States
  • 2
    That we oppose the ‘unwilling or unable’ doctrine
  • 3
    That, as Taiwan, we would aggressively pursue the Porcupine Strategy

    • Round 5

  • 1
    That we believe that the decline of geographically concentrated red light districts in India (Kamathipura, Sonagachi, etc.) has not been in the interests of sex workers
  • 2
    That, as a 30 year-old working woman who plans to have children, we would choose to have our pregnancies within a short period rather than spacing them out over a long period
  • 3
    That, as a woman entering university, we would cultivate a polarising reputation (strongly liked by some, disliked by others) rather than a broadly agreeable one.

    • Round 4

  • 1
    That as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander novelist, we would write about Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander experiences within modern Australian cities rather than life within traditional communities
  • 2
    That the Australia Group should adopt a binding export-control regime
  • 3
    That we support the Australian government aggressively growing its domestic refinement and production of rare earth minerals

    • Round 3

  • 1
    That we oppose the NCMP scheme
  • 2
    That we oppose the removal of these benefits for conscripts
  • 3
    That in countries with bicameral legislatures, we prefer the equal contribution system to the equal representation system

    • Round 2

  • 1
    That we prefer a world where everyone had an average amount of empathy
  • 2
    That we regret the rise of 'self-crit' culture
  • 3
    That we regret the Griner-Bout prisoner exchange

    • Round 1

  • 1
    That we regret the Bosman Ruling
  • 2
    That, as the smaller full member cricket nations, we support the increasing dominance of franchise cricket over international cricket
  • 3
    That we support football clubs taking a harsh stance on the managers and coaches of underperforming teams (e.g. putting them on probation, frequently replacing them etc.)