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Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship (Australs)AustralsAustralasian Intervarsity Debating Championship

The Australasian university championship.

12 editions, 2015 to 202612 of them with results

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.

  • Philosophy32%163 of 510
  • Law & Crime16%84 of 510
  • Technology16%83 of 510
  • International Relations14%71 of 510
  • Politics12%62 of 510
  • Social & Identity12%59 of 510

Inrounds and outrounds

TopicInroundsOutrounds
Philosophy30%79 of 26735%84 of 243
Technology15%40 of 26718%43 of 243
International Relations13%34 of 26715%37 of 243
Law & Crime18%49 of 26714%35 of 243
Politics11%29 of 26714%33 of 243

Out of 267 inround and 243 outround motions with a topic, all editions.

Grand final motions

  1. 2026That humanity should voluntarily adopt the last generation policyPhilosophy
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 2023That as a young woman with feminist beliefs, we would embrace a dissociative feminist persona [dissociative feminist]Social & Identity
  5. 2022B: That we support the Campbelltown value systemPhilosophy
  6. 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
  7. 2020That, as environmentalists, we would choose a strategy of working closely with corporations.Economics, Environment
  8. 2019That we regret the belief that there is inherent value in martyrdom.Philosophy
  9. 2017That we support the creation of autonomously governed ocean-based communities (ie. seasteading)Philosophy
  10. 2016That the modern breast feeding movement has done more harm than goodPhilosophy
  11. 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.

EditionSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Teams broke
2026Wollongong Australs 2026Thu 2 Jul 2026777.313 of 56
2025South China Australs 2025Mon 7 Jul 2025777.112 of 50
2024Jakarta Australs 2024Mon 1 Jul 2024not recorded77.219 of 62
2023Krabi Australs 2023Sun 2 Jul 2023677.618 of 58
2022Campbelltown Australs 2022Thu 24 Nov 2022777.212 of 46
2021Nepal Australs 2021Wed 29 Dec 2021777.025 of 110
2020Monash Australs 2020Sun 12 Jul 2020877.329 of 135
20192019 AustralsTue 2 Jul 2019777.322 of 76
20182018 AustralsFri 29 Jun 2018not recordednot recorded25 of 90
2017Australs 2017Mon 3 Jul 20177not recorded21 of 79
2016Australs 2016Fri 15 Jul 20167not recorded18 of 74
2015Australs 2015Sun 19 Jul 20157not recorded19 of 78

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators, from the 7 of 12 editions whose tab lists them.

Chief adjudicatorYears
🇵🇭 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 adjudicatorYears
🇦🇺 Ellie S.2022
Joel Y.2022
🇦🇺 Kat C.2022
🇳🇿 Sharuka W.2022
Srijan P.2022
🇯🇵 Tota T.2022
Umbar2022
🇲🇾 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

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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. 1🇦🇺 Udai K.5 editions78.9
  2. 2Oliver C.3 editions78.8
  3. 3🇦🇺 Imogen H.78.8
  4. 4🇦🇺 Connor O.2 editions78.8
  5. 5🇦🇺 Sophie S.4 editions78.7
  6. 6🇦🇺 David W.3 editions78.7
  7. 7🇦🇺 Gypsy P.3 editions78.7
  8. 8🇦🇺 Bostan N.78.6
  9. 9🇦🇺 Eden B.2 editions78.6
  10. 10🇧🇩 Sourodip P.3 editions78.6
  11. 11🇵🇭 Mikko V.3 editions78.6
  12. 12🇲🇾 Ploopy78.6
  13. 13🇦🇺 Callum D.78.6
  14. 14Kevin L.2 editions78.5
  15. 15🇵🇭 Ignacio V.2 editions78.5

Best speaker average at any one edition.

Records

  • Best speaker average🇦🇺 Udai K., 202378.9
  • Biggest field2020135 teams