Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    (A) That the mockery of religion is immoral
  • 2
    (B) That we regret the commercialisation of the Hajj
  • 3
    (C) That we prefer a world where religions adopted the concept of God's light

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    (A) That we prefer a world where Southeast Asian nations centred their national identity around pre-colonial history and culture, rather than postcolonial modernism
  • 2
    (B) That we prefer a world where low ranking perpetrators were granted amnesty following the Rwandan genocide, as opposed to being tried in Gacaca courts
  • 3
    (C) That, as Donald Trump, we regret the 2026 US intervention in Iran

    • Round 5

  • 1
    (A) That we would allow consenting adults to use the device on themselves
  • 2
    (B) That we prefer that historians act as objective observers of the past rather than as editorialisers* of the past *(i.e. expressing personal opinions, moral judgement etc.)
  • 3
    (C) That we oppose performative activism

    • Round 4

  • 1
    (A) That policies aimed at increasing the production and consumption of biofuel have done more harm than good
  • 2
    (B) That we support the creation of single desk marketing boards for agriculture in developing countries
  • 3
    (C) That in times of economic crises, we would impose windfall taxes

    • Round 3

  • 1
    (A) That Australian disability advocates should prioritise campaigning for the expansion of the Disability Support Pension (DSP) rather than the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
  • 2
    (B) That as a hearing parent of a deaf child, we would send our child to a deaf school rather than a mainstream school that can make accommodations for deaf students
  • 3
    (C) That we should use AI and surveillance technologies (e.g. tracking purchasing records, monitoring screen time of video games) to intervene in the unhealthy lifestyles of individual citizens

    • Round 2

  • 1
    (A) That all European political parties should adopt Cordon Sanitaire
  • 2
    (B) That it is in the interests of the Republican Party to select Marco Rubio rather than JD Vance as the Republican presidential nominee in 2028
  • 3
    (C) That Māori elections should be held at a separate time from the New Zealand general election

    • Round 1

  • 1
    (A) That we prefer a world where the dominant norm is that people believe in an internal locus of control rather than an external locus of control
  • 2
    (B) That, as a new parent in the present day, we would teach our child to be selfish
  • 3
    (C) That we regret the glorification of humility