Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship (Australs)AustralsAustralasian Intervarsity Debating Championship
The Australasian university championship.
Next edition not announced yet
From 12 tabs, newest Wollongong Australs 2026.
How many points to break?
7points, the middle of
the last 3 editions
In the middle figureOlder, not counted
Safe points at the last 3 editions with a figure: 7, 7, 6, newest first. The last team in averaged 77.3 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
Out of 510 past motions with a topic, from 11 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
13of 56 teams broke
in 2026
Who has set the motions?
- 🇰🇷 Youngwoo P.
- 🇦🇺 Matthew T.
- 🇵🇭 Bea L.
- 🇳🇿 Grace B.
- 🇸🇬 Deon K.
Chief adjudicators in 2024, the newest tab that lists them. And 1 more.
What gets set here
Motions with a topic, from 11 of the 12 editions with results. Pick a year to see that edition alone.
510 categorised motions across all editions.
Inrounds and outrounds
| Topic | Inrounds | Outrounds |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 30%79 of 267 | 35%84 of 243 |
| Technology | 15%40 of 267 | 18%43 of 243 |
| International Relations | 13%34 of 267 | 15%37 of 243 |
| Law & Crime | 18%49 of 267 | 14%35 of 243 |
| Politics | 11%29 of 267 | 14%33 of 243 |
Out of 267 inround and 243 outround motions with a topic, all editions.
Grand final motions
- 2026That humanity should voluntarily adopt the last generation policyPhilosophy
- 2025That we support left-wing parties adopting nationalist environmental policy and rhetoric (e.g. economic protectionism for renewable energy projects, portraying environmental damage as a threat to national safety, portraying the green transition as necessary for energy security and independence)Environment, Economics
- 2024That the South Korean government should redirect resources currently used to help Koryo-in settle in their respective countries of residence, to efforts to resettle them in South Korea.Politics
- 2023That as a young woman with feminist beliefs, we would embrace a dissociative feminist persona [dissociative feminist]Social & Identity
- 2022B: That we support the Campbelltown value systemPhilosophy
- 2021A: That, as a person who emigrated from a poor nation to a wealthy nation and then becomes highly successful (for instance, Enis Kantor, Elon Musk, Isabel Allende, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie), we would vocally encourage other people from our homeland to also emigrateInternational Relations, Economics, Health & Medicine
- 2020That, as environmentalists, we would choose a strategy of working closely with corporations.Economics, Environment
- 2019That we regret the belief that there is inherent value in martyrdom.Philosophy
- 2017That we support the creation of autonomously governed ocean-based communities (ie. seasteading)Philosophy
- 2016That the modern breast feeding movement has done more harm than goodPhilosophy
- 2015That we regret the commercialisation of PridePhilosophy
The open grand final of each edition, where the tab names it.
Every edition
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke. Open an edition for its motions and top speakers.
| Edition | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Teams broke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Wollongong Australs 2026Thu 2 Jul 2026 | 7 | 77.3 | 13 of 56 |
| 2025South China Australs 2025Mon 7 Jul 2025 | 7 | 77.1 | 12 of 50 |
| 2024Jakarta Australs 2024Mon 1 Jul 2024 | not recorded | 77.2 | 19 of 62 |
| 2023Krabi Australs 2023Sun 2 Jul 2023 | 6 | 77.6 | 18 of 58 |
| 2022Campbelltown Australs 2022Thu 24 Nov 2022 | 7 | 77.2 | 12 of 46 |
| 2021Nepal Australs 2021Wed 29 Dec 2021 | 7 | 77.0 | 25 of 110 |
| 2020Monash Australs 2020Sun 12 Jul 2020 | 8 | 77.3 | 29 of 135 |
| 20192019 AustralsTue 2 Jul 2019 | 7 | 77.3 | 22 of 76 |
| 20182018 AustralsFri 29 Jun 2018 | not recorded | not recorded | 25 of 90 |
| 2017Australs 2017Mon 3 Jul 2017 | 7 | not recorded | 21 of 79 |
| 2016Australs 2016Fri 15 Jul 2016 | 7 | not recorded | 18 of 74 |
| 2015Australs 2015Sun 19 Jul 2015 | 7 | not recorded | 19 of 78 |
Who sets the motions
Chief adjudicators, from the 7 of 12 editions whose tab lists them.
| Chief adjudicator | Years |
|---|---|
| 🇵🇭 Bea L. | 2024 |
| 🇸🇬 Deon K. | 2024 |
| 🇳🇿 Grace B. | 2024 |
| 🇦🇺 Matthew T. | 2024 |
| 🇲🇾 Shireen A. | 2024 |
| 🇰🇷 Youngwoo P. | 2024 |
| 🇺🇸 Anum N. | 2023 |
| 🇦🇺 Leah M. | 2023 |
| Mikko V. | 2023 |
| 🇯🇵 Nasa T. | 2023 |
| 🇧🇩 Sourodip P. | 2023 |
| 🇮🇩 Tengku O. | 2023 |
Show all 44 chief adjudicators
| Chief adjudicator | Years |
|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Ellie S. | 2022 |
| Joel Y. | 2022 |
| 🇦🇺 Kat C. | 2022 |
| 🇳🇿 Sharuka W. | 2022 |
| Srijan P. | 2022 |
| 🇯🇵 Tota T. | 2022 |
| Umbar | 2022 |
| 🇲🇾 Banun S. | 2021 |
| 🇳🇿 Daniel M. | 2021 |
| 🇳🇿 Grace B. | 2021 |
| 🇧🇩 Mohammed K. | 2021 |
| Nicolas L. | 2021 |
| 🇦🇺 Robert B. | 2021 |
| Uphie A. | 2021 |
| Boby R. | 2020 |
| Cellini B. | 2020 |
| 🇳🇿 Joe A. | 2020 |
| 🇦🇺 Kevin L. | 2020 |
| Madeline S. | 2020 |
| Sera Y. | 2020 |
| Alice S. | 2019 |
| 🇦🇺 Ben J. | 2019 |
| 🇦🇺 Dominic G. | 2019 |
| 🇵🇭 Mika F. | 2019 |
| Mubarrat W. | 2019 |
| Yarn S. | 2019 |
| 🇦🇺 Daniel D. | 2018 |
| 🇦🇺 Jessica M. | 2018 |
| Mifzal M. | 2018 |
| Mohammed K. | 2018 |
| Vihasini G. | 2018 |
| Vinodhan K. | 2018 |
How speakers score here
- average speaker score, 9 editions
- 76.1
- where most speakers land
- 74.9 to 77.2
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker78.7
- 10th speaker77.9
- 20th speaker77.5
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 9 editions.
Records and top speakers
Top speakers in this series
- 1🇦🇺 Udai K.5 editions78.9
- 2Oliver C.3 editions78.8
- 3🇦🇺 Imogen H.78.8
- 4🇦🇺 Connor O.2 editions78.8
- 5🇦🇺 Sophie S.4 editions78.7
- 6🇦🇺 David W.3 editions78.7
- 7🇦🇺 Gypsy P.3 editions78.7
- 8🇦🇺 Bostan N.78.6
- 9🇦🇺 Eden B.2 editions78.6
- 10🇧🇩 Sourodip P.3 editions78.6
- 11🇵🇭 Mikko V.3 editions78.6
- 12🇲🇾 Ploopy78.6
- 13🇦🇺 Callum D.78.6
- 14Kevin L.2 editions78.5
- 15🇵🇭 Ignacio V.2 editions78.5
Best speaker average at any one edition.
Records
- Best speaker average🇦🇺 Udai K., 202378.9
- Biggest field2020135 teams