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Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship (Australs)

The Australasian university championship.

Editions

What gets set here

The topic mix across 1 analysed edition. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

45 categorised motions across all editions.

Philosophy56%
Politics16%
Technology13%
Law & Crime11%
Economics9%
International Relations7%
Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2026That we prefer to be born into a society with high-context norms over one with low-context norms · Social & Identity

What it takes to break here

  • 20267 pts · 77.3 speaks13/56 broke

7 points has guaranteed the break in 1 of 1 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 75.8 across 1 scored edition.

  • Top speaker pace78.7
  • Top-10 pace77.7
  • Top-20 pace77.2

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 1 edition.

Records

  • Best speaker average78.7 🇦🇺 Gypsy P., 2026
  • Biggest field135 teams 2020

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇦🇺 Gypsy P.78.7
  2. 2🇦🇺 Neva M.78.3
  3. 3🇦🇺 Felix G.78.1
  4. 4🇦🇺 Xavier K.78.0
  5. 5🇦🇺 Brendon C.77.9
  6. 6🇦🇺 Jehiel P.77.9
  7. 7🇦🇺 Maya A.77.9
  8. 8Anhaar K.77.9
  9. 9🇦🇺 Tom D.77.9
  10. 10🇦🇺 Oliver B.77.7
  11. 11Zarah F.77.7
  12. 12🇦🇺 Harry R.77.6
  13. 13James W.77.5
  14. 14Will E.77.4
  15. 15Maya G.77.4

Who chairs it

Adjudication-core members from the editions where we know the panel.

  • 🇦🇺 Daniel D.1 edition
  • 🇦🇺 Jessica M.1 edition
  • Mohammed K.1 edition
  • Mifzal M.1 edition
  • Vihasini G.1 edition
  • Vinodhan K.1 edition
  • 🇦🇺 Ben J.1 edition
  • 🇦🇺 Dominic G.1 edition
  • Alice S.1 edition
  • Yarn S.1 edition
  • Mika F.1 edition
  • Mubarrat W.1 edition

We only know the panel for 6 of 12 editions. Know who chaired another year?