Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021

1. Round 1A: That we support this trend in progressive discourse.Practise this motion
2. Round 1B: That we regret the trend of describing regressive views or speech as violent.Practise this motion
3. Round 1C: That, as a new media company, we would choose to have a cohesive voice without consistent attribution of any particular writers (for example, the Economist) rather than individuals writers having their own independent, recognisable voices (for example, the Atlantic)Practise this motion
4. Round 2A: That we, as the judge, would rule the crack down legal.Practise this motion
5. Round 2B: That, as New Zealand, we would refuse to extradite Mr Kim to China.Practise this motion
6. Round 2C: That we would allow a substantially lower minimum wage for prisoner labour.Practise this motion
7. Round 3A: That we prefer the separate model to the concurrent model of women's sports.Practise this motion
8. Round 3B: That student sports should be completely de-professionalised.Practise this motion
9. Round 3C: That sports players should not be punished by sports leagues or clubs for private acts that are not illegal, but may be considered immoral by society (e.g. extra-marital affairs etc.)Practise this motion
10. Round 4A: That NATO should vote to expel Turkey.Practise this motion
11. Round 4B: That, if the final Noumea Accord referendum fails, New Caledonia should not conduct regular referenda on independence.Practise this motion
12. Round 4C: That it is in the best interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to quietly abandon its attempt to reunify with Taiwan.Practise this motion
13. Round 5A: That we prefer a world where god judges people on the purity of their intentions, rather than the consequences of their actions.Practise this motion
14. Round 5B: That we prefer a world where hypocrisy is completely de-stigmatised.Practise this motion
15. Round 5C: That we oppose self help narratives that instruct people to reduce their reliance on external validation.Practise this motion
16. Round 6A: That we support a rise in income-selective dating apps.Practise this motion
17. Round 6B: That we support the commodification of close and intimate relationships.Practise this motion
18. Round 6C: That, in a world where both men and women were equally likely to do it, we would prefer a return to the norm of families in which one parent works and the other remains at home.Practise this motion
19. Round 7A: That we, as Belarus, regret manufacturing the border crisis with Poland.Practise this motion
20. Round 7B: That Western powers should pressure Ethiopia to allow Tigray to secede.Practise this motion
21. Round 7C: That countries should never cooperate with Chinese "hostage diplomacy"Practise this motion
22. Round 8A: That China should walk back its crack down on private education.Practise this motion
23. Round 8B: That education systems should actively teach "Sticking it to the man".Practise this motion
24. Round 8C: That small or developing countries should replace their school curriculums with a well-performing curriculum of another country.Practise this motion
25. Partial Double OctofinalsA: That, as a mid-tier CCP official in a regional government openly opposed to Xi Jinping's property tax plan, we would obstruct rather than facilitate its implementation.Practise this motion
26. Partial Double OctofinalsB: That we regret the rise of retail investment.Practise this motion
27. Partial Double OctofinalsC: That we prefer a world without corporate tax.Practise this motion
28. ESL QuarterfinalsA: That the writer should write the first ending rather than the second ending.Practise this motion
29. ESL QuarterfinalsB: That we prefer the norm of fantasy/science fiction writers creating main characters with ordinary abilities as opposed to main characters with magical and never before seen powers and/or abilities.Practise this motion
30. ESL QuarterfinalsC: That we regret the increasing number of movies made from existing intellectual property.Practise this motion
31. OctofinalsA: That we would ban the use of any reproductive technology (e.g. abortion, embryo selection) which alters the prevalence of any common disabilityPractise this motion
32. OctofinalsB: That we regret the trend of left-wing media coverage of the deaths of individual prominent anti-vax activists from COVID-19.Practise this motion
33. OctofinalsC: That, after receiving professional and science-based medical advice, patients should have the right to undergo treatments that are contrary to that advice and have not received regulatory approval for that usage (for instance, Ivermectin for Covid-19)Practise this motion
34. QuarterfinalsA: That the Great Resignation Trend brings more harm than good.Practise this motion
35. QuarterfinalsB: That, as a skilled worker, we would prefer a world where polywork was the norm.Practise this motion
36. QuarterfinalsC: That, as a member of a minority community, we would actively discourage a child from that community from pursuing careers in state security apparatuses (military, police, immigration etc.)Practise this motion
37. EFL SemifinalsB: That we oppose Jeff Bezos' investment in anti-aging technology.Practise this motion
38. EFL SemifinalsA: That we would ban individuals from editing their own genomes.Practise this motion
39. EFL SemifinalsC: That we should support the creation of the Facebook MetaversePractise this motion
40. ESL SemifinalsA: That authoritarianism will eventually triumph over liberal democracy globallyPractise this motion
41. ESL SemifinalsB: That it is in the best interests of the Biden Administration to restore aid to PakistanPractise this motion
42. ESL SemifinalsC: That it is in the interests of the EU to lift sanctions against the Taliban regimePractise this motion
43. SemifinalsA: That, in contexts where significant sectarian violence has recently given way to a increasingly stable unity government, we oppose measures that increase the public's awareness of the scale and details of atrocities (for instance, publishing evidence-gathering reports, Truth and Reconciliation Commissions).Practise this motion
44. SemifinalsB: That we would prefer a world where Vladimir Putin died today suddenly of natural causes.Practise this motion
45. SemifinalsC: That we regret Angela Merkel's decision to step down as German Chancellor.Practise this motion
46. EFL FinalsA: That, assuming secure implementation and easy use, we would implement liquid democracyPractise this motion
47. EFL FinalsB: That left-wing political campaigns should heavily prioritize forwarding "firebrand" political candidatesPractise this motion
48. EFL FinalsC: That progressives should aggressively but covertly invest in progressive "fake news"Practise this motion
49. ESL FinalsA: That we would ban plain clothes policingPractise this motion
50. ESL FinalsB: That we prefer mandatory community service to be the ordinary and exclusive punishment for misdemeanours (for instance, traffic violations)Practise this motion
51. ESL FinalsC: That people who have suffered acute amnesia should not be punished for crimes they cannot rememberPractise this motion
52. Grand FinalA: 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 emigratePractise this motion
53. Grand FinalB: That, in countries with a history of ethnic tensions, we would embrace cultural appropriationPractise this motion
54. Grand FinalC: That we should oppose the promotion and marketing of indigenous cultures for the purpose of tourismPractise this motion

1. Round 1That, as Joe Biden, we would choose to run on a ‘Medicare-for-All’ platform.Practise this motion
2. Round 1That we oppose the medicalisation of learning disabilities.Practise this motion
3. Round 1That we regret the norm that doctors should defer to their patients' wishes, even where doing so is not in those patients' best interests.Practise this motion
4. Round 2That the government should provide incentives for the urban poor to migrate to rural areas.Practise this motion
5. Round 2That the #MeToo movement has failed working class women.Practise this motion
6. Round 2That we support gamification in the workplace.Practise this motion
7. Round 3That we would abolish the ‘one-year-out’ rule in the NBA.Practise this motion
8. Round 3That we prefer a world where sports are not commercialised.Practise this motion
9. Round 3That we regret the ongoing prominence of cricket in postcolonial countries.Practise this motion
10. Round 4That we, as Benny Gantz, regret signing the coalition agreement between Likud and the Blue and White alliance.Practise this motion
11. Round 4That we regret the Trump-Taliban peace deal agreement.Practise this motion
12. Round 4That Palestinians should abandon their claim for statehood and opt for a civil rights struggle instead.Practise this motion
13. Round 5That we support a permanent move to online tertiary education.Practise this motion
14. Round 5That we would proportionately subsidise (e.g. scholarship and funding) university courses according to the employability of their graduates.Practise this motion
15. Round 5That we regret the expectation that children should be shielded from all forms of danger.Practise this motion
16. Round 6That the Democratic Party should not embrace 'Never Trump' Republicans.Practise this motion
17. Round 6That legislative bodies (e.g. parliament, congress, senate, councils) should be formed by sortition democracy.Practise this motion
18. Round 6That young people should reject traditionally empowered political parties.Practise this motion
19. Round 7That we should ban mortgage-based financial derivatives.Practise this motion
20. Round 7That we should limit the trading of individual shares and derivative products to licensed professionals.Practise this motion
21. Round 7That we should ban high-frequency trading.Practise this motion
22. Round 8That we prefer a world where social media networking sites are only available on a paid subscription basis.Practise this motion
23. Round 8That social media companies should aggressively censor offensive and discriminatory content.Practise this motion
24. Round 8That we should ban mergers and acquisitions of mass media companies.Practise this motion
25. Open Partial Double-OctofinalsThat we, as original producers of non-Western films, would deny Hollywood the right to produce remakes, unless a quota for non-Western actors/actresses is guaranteed.Practise this motion
26. Open Partial Double-OctofinalsThat we prefer transformative to curatorial fandom.Practise this motion
27. Open Partial Double-OctofinalsThat Disney should remove from circulation cartoons from its history that contain racist caricatures.Practise this motion
28. ESL OctofinalsThat we regret the stigmatisation of hedonistic lifestyles.Practise this motion
29. ESL OctofinalsThat we support the creation of children's literature which teaches that people are neither good nor evil.Practise this motion
30. ESL OctofinalsThat we should abolish literary awards (e.g. the Man Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature).Practise this motion
31. Open OctofinalsThat, as minorities, we would engage with respectability politics.Practise this motion
32. Open OctofinalsThat we would require companies to use absolute blind recruitment.Practise this motion
33. Open OctofinalsThat we should stop the practice of requiring community's approval to build houses of worship.Practise this motion
34. EFL QuarterfinalsThat the state should pay reparations to individuals convicted in the past for actions that are no longer recognised as a crime.Practise this motion
35. EFL QuarterfinalsThat criminal trials should proceed even when the accused is deceased.Practise this motion
36. EFL QuarterfinalsThat the state's failure to address a pandemic should be considered as a crime against humanity.Practise this motion
37. ESL QuarterfinalsThat non-Western LGBTQ activists should reject sex positivity.Practise this motion
38. ESL QuarterfinalsThat we regret the belief that individuals possess defined personality traits.Practise this motion
39. ESL QuarterfinalsThat portrayals of religious deities and prophets in media should receive prior approval from relevant religious authorities.Practise this motion
40. Open QuarterfinalsThat the European Central Bank should monetise the government deficits of Eurozone countries experiencing financial crises.Practise this motion
41. Open QuarterfinalsThat we should reallocate public investment funds from start-ups to traditional small and medium-sized enterprises.Practise this motion
42. Open QuarterfinalsThat we should allow parents to sell shares in their children’s future income streams.Practise this motion
43. EFL SemifinalsThat it is illegitimate for states to limit immigration unless there is a clear threat to national security.Practise this motion
44. EFL SemifinalsThat we regret the rise of nation-states built around exclusive notions of language, race, and religion.Practise this motion
45. EFL SemifinalsThat developing countries should prioritise the massive construction of infrastructure over the direct provision of high subsidies and social welfare.Practise this motion
46. ESL SemifinalsThat, as developing nations, we would prefer to align with China than the United States.Practise this motion
47. ESL SemifinalsThat ASEAN should transform itself into a political union.Practise this motion
48. ESL SemifinalsThat Western companies with a significant number of employees from the Indian diaspora should actively campaign against the caste system.Practise this motion
49. Open SemifinalsThat we regret narratives which portray human progress as inevitable.Practise this motion
50. Open SemifinalsThat we regret the emphasis placed on individual rights by social justice movements.Practise this motion
51. Open SemifinalsThat, in countries where military service is mandatory only for men, as self-proclaimed feminist women, we would actively volunteer in the military.Practise this motion
52. EFL Grand FinalThat France should abandon the principle of laïcité.Practise this motion
53. EFL Grand FinalThat activist movements should embrace cancel culture as a tool to promote social change.Practise this motion
54. EFL Grand FinalThat it is morally wrong to use subconscious manipulation to nudge citizens towards socially desirable choices.Practise this motion
55. ESL Grand FinalThat capitalism is incompatible with racial equality.Practise this motion
56. ESL Grand FinalThat, as a woman of colour living in a majority-white country, we would embrace, compete in and establish national beauty pageants for women of our ethnic heritage.Practise this motion
57. ESL Grand FinalThat we, as a Catholic priest, would actively endorse liberal values that do not align with the Catholic Church.Practise this motion
58. Open Grand FinalThat, as environmentalists, we would choose a strategy of working closely with corporations.Practise this motion
59. Open Grand FinalThat we should grant legal personhood to culturally significant features of the natural environment.Practise this motion
60. Open Grand FinalThat we support compassionate conservation.Practise this motion

Open the Monash Australs 2020 prep page

1. Round 1That the United States should adopt a single payer insurance scheme instead of offering a public option in the private insurance market.Practise this motion
2. Round 1That progressive politicians in the United States should boycott Fox News.Practise this motion
3. Round 1That the Democratic party should elect a centrist candidate for the upcoming United States presidential election.Practise this motion
4. Round 2That we should use predictive data to assess the age at which individuals should qualify for retirement pension payments, rather than a standardised retirement age.Practise this motion
5. Round 2That we support greater restrictions on migrants' access to civic rights (welfare, healthcare, voting rights, etc.) in exchange for more open immigration.Practise this motion
6. Round 2That we should allow parents to raise babies behind bars.Practise this motion
7. Round 3That the international community should recognize Somaliland as an independent and sovereign nation.Practise this motion
8. Round 3Assuming the Sudanese civilians manage to take power from the military, That the new civilian government should revert to its pre-1970 flag.Practise this motion
9. Round 3That, as Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC), we would hand Omar al-Bashir over to the International Criminal Court.Practise this motion
10. Round 4That we regret the commercialisation of cultural/religious festivals.Practise this motion
11. Round 4That you should start a new religion.Practise this motion
12. Round 4That, as an evangelical conservative leader in a red/swing state, we should endorse a third party candidate (such as Evan McMullan) instead of Donald Trump.Practise this motion
13. Round 5That we should force large companies to be fully publicly listed.Practise this motion
14. Round 5That self-described 'socially responsible investors' should engage in shareholder activism with companies that have poor ethical records rather than excluding them from their portfolios.Practise this motion
15. Round 5That we should ban the short-selling of shares.Practise this motion
16. Round 6That we regret the prominent usage of self-deprecating humour by female comedians.Practise this motion
17. Round 6That minority movements should abandon the strategy of ‘reclaiming’ words used as slurs.Practise this motion
18. Round 6That we support the #OwnVoices campaign that says authors should only write from the perspective of their own lived experiences and stories.Practise this motion
19. Round 7That, as an Islamic political party in a democracy (e.g. PAS in Malaysia, National Awakening Party PKB in Indonesia, Jamaat e Islami in Pakistan and Bangladesh) we would abandon an agenda of Islamic political reform and focus instead on provision of social services.Practise this motion
20. Round 7That, as Qatar, we would abandon all attempts to reconcile with the Saudi coalition.Practise this motion
21. Round 7That India should remove Articles 35A and 370 of the Indian Constitution.Practise this motion
22. Round 8That reputational damage should not be a mitigating factor in criminal sentencing.Practise this motion
23. Round 8That we should nationalise all provision of legal services.Practise this motion
24. Round 8That we should abolish cash bail and replace it with an algorithmic risk assessment.Practise this motion
25. Open OctofinalsThat, as Hong Kong, we would prefer having remained under British rule rather than reverting to China.Practise this motion
26. Open OctofinalsThat, as the Chinese Communist Party, we would officially acknowledge and express regret for the Tiananmen massacre.Practise this motion
27. Open OctofinalsThat, as China, we would suspend rare earth mineral exports to the United States in response to the trade war.Practise this motion
28. Open QuarterfinalsThat social media platforms should be held legally part-liable for hosted content that passes a certain threshold of 'clout' (e.g. pageviews).Practise this motion
29. Open QuarterfinalsThat we prefer a world where digital anonymity is and was the norm.Practise this motion
30. Open QuarterfinalsThat we oppose the development of implantable Direct Cortical Interfaces.Practise this motion
31. ESL SemifinalsThat parliamentary democracies should have an upper house with randomly selected citizens.Practise this motion
32. ESL SemifinalsThat we regret the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.Practise this motion
33. ESL SemifinalsThat we support federalism in the Philippines.Practise this motion
34. Open SemifinalsThat we regret the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.Practise this motion
35. Open SemifinalsThat we support federalism in the Philippines.Practise this motion
36. Open SemifinalsThat parliamentary democracies should have an upper house with randomly selected citizens.Practise this motion
37. EFL Grand FinalThat wealthy environmentalists should purchase land and not allow mining or drilling on it, instead of donating to political campaigns for government regulations.Practise this motion
38. EFL Grand FinalThat activist groups against companies with poor ethical records that sell physical products (ie. Nike), should protest by stealing merchandise from stores, distributors and factories.Practise this motion
39. EFL Grand FinalThat climate change activists should exclusively focus on changing the behaviour of governments and big businesses (rather than campaigning for individuals to make small changes in their own lives).Practise this motion
40. ESL Grand FinalThat investment in sport should prioritise funding grassroots and community sports as opposed to elite athletes.Practise this motion
41. ESL Grand FinalThat the ICC should abolish the principle of complementarity.Practise this motion
42. ESL Grand FinalThat we should abolish the Common Agricultural Policy.Practise this motion
43. Open Grand FinalThat we regret the belief that there is inherent value in martyrdom.Practise this motion
44. Open Grand FinalThat we regret the norm of parents financially supporting their children after they become adults.Practise this motion
45. Open Grand FinalThat we regret the vilification of communism.Practise this motion

Open the 2019 Australs prep page

1. Round 1That we should require prospective parents to obtain a parenting licence prior to having childrenPractise this motion
2. Round 1That we should allow pro-life organisations to pay women considering abortion to carry their pregnancies to termPractise this motion
3. Round 1Assuming it is possible to copy the consciousness of the deceased onto another person, that we should allow the parents of deceased children to do so onto orphaned infantsPractise this motion
4. Round 2That we should oppose fashion and beauty as tools of gendered self-expression (e.g. wearing of heels and makeup)Practise this motion
5. Round 2That we regret the trend away from valuing art for its technical qualities in favour of abstract characteristics (e.g. conceptual intent, contextual appreciation, uniqueness)Practise this motion
6. Round 2That you should not solve the murder in the remaining episodes.Practise this motion
7. Round 3In countries with a quota for refugees, that governments should allow and facilitate citizens to offer asylum to additional refugees in their homesPractise this motion
8. Round 3That progressive media in the Philippines should not self-censor coverage of extra-judicial killings where they involve victims with serious criminal histories (e.g. known drug lords)Practise this motion
9. Round 3That the West should provide international assistance to the North Korean regime for the exploration, extraction and development of Rare Earth Minerals (REMs)Practise this motion
10. Round 4That we should nationalise all residential housingPractise this motion
11. Round 4That we should require professional sports leagues to require open entry and exit for new and existing franchisesPractise this motion
12. Round 4That we should cap lending to any individual, household or company below a maximum debt-to-income ratioPractise this motion
13. Round 5That we support a men’s rights movementPractise this motion
14. Round 5That we support a pedophile rights movementPractise this motion
15. Round 5That we should abolish national representative sporting teamsPractise this motion
16. Round 6That we support China’s cap on foreign made filmsPractise this motion
17. Round 6That all European Union member states should hold simultaneous referenda on their EU membershipPractise this motion
18. Round 6That the Clintons should cease all engagement in US politics and public lifePractise this motion
19. Round 7That we should ban individuals from self-harm as a form of religious penancePractise this motion
20. Round 7That, in secular states, religiosity should be an aggravating factor in sentencing crimes which go against the teachings of the offender's religionPractise this motion
21. Round 7That anti-theists should donate to, and actively support progressive and/or liberal churchesPractise this motion
22. Round 8That the state should compensate individuals who are found ‘not guilty’ at trialPractise this motion
23. Round 8That mediation should be mandatory before initiating court proceedings in family lawPractise this motion
24. Round 8That all trials should be incorporeal trialsPractise this motion
25. Open OctofinalsThat feminists should support the provision of wife bonuses in pre-nuptial agreementsPractise this motion
26. Open OctofinalsThat we regret the concept of unconditional lovePractise this motion
27. Open OctofinalsThat, in jurisdictions with abortion on demand, we should allow paper abortionPractise this motion
28. ESL SemifinalsThat we support the creation of body corporate/owners corporation/strata community in which owners are able to make prescriptive rules and regulations to live in the community, and can forcibly remove owners who do not complyPractise this motion
29. ESL SemifinalsThat schools should prioritise teachers' knowledge of their subject area over their knowledge of pedagogy and educational theoryPractise this motion
30. ESL SemifinalsThat, as a teacher, we should contradict curriculum that we believe will be harmful to societyPractise this motion
31. Open QuarterfinalsThat the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) should train their civilian populations in armed insurgencyPractise this motion
32. Open QuarterfinalsThat we support the mobilisation of Shia militia (eg. People's mobilisation forces) in the battle against the Islamic StatePractise this motion
33. Open QuarterfinalsThat a state pursuing policies with the effect of denying other states access to essential resources (food, water, etc.) that could not otherwise be obtained, should be legitimate grounds for military actionPractise this motion
34. Open SemifinalsThat Black Lives Matter should closely integrate the black church and elements of black liberation theology (the narrative that liberating the oppressed is the core of Christian doctrine) into its organisational structure and doctrines.Practise this motion
35. Open SemifinalsThat Muslims should abandon the usage of the label ‘moderate Muslim’ in identifying themselvesPractise this motion
36. Open SemifinalsThat we would deny land rights to, and if necessary, forcefully relocate indigenous communities whose culture and way of life are responsible for environmental degradation (eg. timber plundering, destruction of high conservation value areas, seal clubbing, etc.)Practise this motion
37. ESL Grand FinalThat we should allow organ donors, or their families in case of death, the right to stipulate the recipient of an organ donation.Practise this motion
38. ESL Grand FinalThat, where commercial surrogacy is legal, surrogates should be permitted to unilaterally withdraw from surrogacy contracts at any point, without any liabilityPractise this motion
39. ESL Grand FinalThat we regret the assumption that people who work in community-based or care professions do so out of genuine emotional attachment (e.g that nurses care about their patients, or teachers about their students)Practise this motion
40. Open Grand FinalThat we support the creation of autonomously governed ocean-based communities (ie. seasteading)Practise this motion
41. Open Grand FinalThat we should require businesses who profit from cultural traditions (ethnic restaurants/cultural tourism/yoga studios) to obtain a licence from minority community groups, based on conditions of their choosingPractise this motion
42. Open Grand FinalThat European States which remained neutral during World War II should pay compensation to States occupied by Nazi GermanyPractise this motion

Open the Australs 2017 prep page

1. Round 1That where private prisons exist, they should be allowed to train/educate inmates in return for a percentage of that prisoner’s income that they earn after they leave prison.Practise this motion
2. Round 1That we should ban litigation funding.Practise this motion
3. Round 1That the state should fully compensate the victims of crimes committed by recidivist criminals.Practise this motion
4. Round 2That we should allow people to sue media companies over harms that are created due to factual misinformation that they published.Practise this motion
5. Round 2That we should regret dating/hookup websites allowing their users filtering results on the basis of demographic characteristics (race, gender, age etc.)Practise this motion
6. Round 2That Facebook should proactively suppress extremist contentPractise this motion
7. Round 3That we should reject the culture of fearing death.Practise this motion
8. Round 3That we would prefer a world with only one language.Practise this motion
9. Round 3That humans should attempt to suppress their sense of beauty.Practise this motion
10. Round 4That public universities should not implement speech codes or codes of conduct that limit expression beyond the laws of that country.Practise this motion
11. Round 4That we should regret the increasing dominance of academic discourse in civil rights movements (eg gender studies to feminism and queer studies to that queer rights movement)Practise this motion
12. Round 4That universities and companies should only be allowed to recruit students and employees via a blind application process.Practise this motion
13. Round 5That we should ban animal eugenics programmes (eg: selective breeding and pure breeding)Practise this motion
14. Round 5That we should cease all state initiated conservation projectsPractise this motion
15. Round 5That we should oppose giving human rights to individual animals who pass self-recognition tests unless the whole species are granted those rightsPractise this motion
16. Round 6That citizenships should be placed on an international market for sale and purchase.Practise this motion
17. Round 6That the European Union should opt for less integration among its current member states.Practise this motion
18. Round 6That refugees should be able to bypass standard refugee quotas and procedures if they have an individual citizen take responsibility for them.Practise this motion
19. Round 7That we should legalise secondary strikes/solidarity action. (industrial action taken by a workforce in support of another, separate workforce)Practise this motion
20. Round 7That we should allow employees to give up workplace rights in exchange for higher wages.Practise this motion
21. Round 7That we would prefer a world where the norm is that people hold multiple part time jobs instead of the current norm of one full time job.Practise this motion
22. Round 8That where the state has negotiated a sale of public land they must first offer indigenous groups the chance to purchase the land on the same terms.Practise this motion
23. Round 8That the state should exclusively focus on recifying current inequalities to the exclusion of compensating for historical injusticesPractise this motion
24. Round 8That local communities should be able to cap the number of tourists that enter their region over a specific period of timePractise this motion
25. Open OctofinalsThat, where home schooling exists, we should ban religious individuals from homeschooling their children.Practise this motion
26. Open OctofinalsThat we, as the Catholic Church, would abolish sainthoods and canonisation.Practise this motion
27. Open OctofinalsThat individuals should always have the right to temporarily enter a state for the purposes of pilgrimage.Practise this motion
28. ESL SemifinalsThat the narrative that charitable initiatives can be profitable (eg microfinancing, impact investment) has done more harm than good.Practise this motion
29. ESL SemifinalsThat charities should not accept donations made by public figures as part of a public apology (eg public figures who are criticised for being misogynists and then donate to domestic violence charities).Practise this motion
30. ESL SemifinalsThat the state should not provide legal recognition and support to charities whose main goal is to raise awareness.Practise this motion
31. Open QuarterfinalsThat we regret the efforts of the United States to make housing more affordable.Practise this motion
32. Open QuarterfinalsThat we, as China, should compensate venture capital/private equity firms for investment losses in China.Practise this motion
33. Open QuarterfinalsThat the pro-Palestine movement should not liken Israel to apartheid.Practise this motion
34. Open SemifinalsThat we should abolish corporate/company tax.Practise this motion
35. Open SemifinalsThat we should establish an international body responsible for taxing and redistributing income earned by multi-national corporations such as Facebook and Google.Practise this motion
36. Open SemifinalsThat we should allow income splitting. (Income splitting allows a person to allocate part of their income to their partner for tax purposes. Eg Kirkby earns $0, Nick earns $100,000. Each is taxed at $50,000 each. It is not taxing them at $100,000 as if they are one person.)Practise this motion
37. ESL Grand FinalThat we should oppose the Teach for All programme.Practise this motion
38. ESL Grand FinalThat as a middle class African-American parent, given the choice between an under-performing but predominantly African American school and a high performing but predominantly white school, we should choose to send our children to the predominantly African-American school.Practise this motion
39. ESL Grand FinalThat we should give control of education curriculum administration and policy (eg teacher pay and curricula) to teachers’ unions.Practise this motion
40. Open Grand FinalThat the modern breast feeding movement has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
41. Open Grand FinalThat feminists should oppose drag culturePractise this motion
42. Open Grand FinalThat feminists should refrain from using the act of sex to further their personal or political goalsPractise this motion

Open the Australs 2016 prep page

1. Round 1That we should prohibit police departments from having specialised public relations staffPractise this motion
2. Round 1That jurors should be allowed to directly cross examine witnessesPractise this motion
3. Round 1That we should remove statutes of limitation for all crimesPractise this motion
4. Round 2That those who live in states that suffer rampant corruption should evade taxPractise this motion
5. Round 2That we welcome China's establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as an alternative to the International Monetary FundPractise this motion
6. Round 2That we should allow citizens to donate to recognised charities of their own choosing instead of paying income taxPractise this motion
7. Round 3That we should refrain from characterising villains of history as monstersPractise this motion
8. Round 3That curricula in post-colonial states should focus on locally-authored literature, to the absolute exclusion of 'great work' such as ShakespearePractise this motion
9. Round 3That the media should have suppressed any reference to Dylan Roof's mental illness, and instead focus exclusively on racism as an explanation for Charleston massacre.Practise this motion
10. Round 4That we should make Boards of Trustees at colleges and universities personally liable for sexual crimes committed by their students against other studentsPractise this motion
11. Round 4That any potential romantic partners or professional sports players should deny them all physical and emotional contact until clubs and sports authorities agree to structural reforms to combat sexismPractise this motion
12. Round 4That we should permanently remove men who abuse their partners from secluded communities where domestic violence is entrenched.Practise this motion
13. Round 5That Germany should prosecute United States government officials for torture in German courts, regardless of their participation in the trialPractise this motion
14. Round 5That member states of the International Criminal Court should be required to violate sovereignty to make arrests on behalf of the ICCPractise this motion
15. Round 5That we regret the Arabisation of Islam in South East AsiaPractise this motion
16. Round 6That as a progressive person, we regret the changes made to the Catholic Church and its direction ushered in by Pope FrancisPractise this motion
17. Round 6That religious organisations should be exempt from employment discrimination law when hiring for 'non-religious' roles (e.g. secretaries, doctors, contractors)Practise this motion
18. Round 6That we regret the involvement of the church, its leaders and the language of religion (i.e. redemption, absolution) in truth and conciliation processes.Practise this motion
19. Round 7presuming it were possible, That we would opt for a digital existence over a physical onePractise this motion
20. Round 7presuming feasibility, That we should allow individuals to selectively erase others' memories of themPractise this motion
21. Round 7in a world where it exists, That love with artificial intelligence is as valid as love with a humanPractise this motion
22. Round 8That we regret Iraq's policy of offering its citizens large sums of money to personally kill terrorist militantsPractise this motion
23. Round 8That Western states should block ransom payments made by families for the release of ISIS captivesPractise this motion
24. Round 8in the face of an overwhelming failure of conventional responses by nation-states, That churches should encourage and materially support able members of their congregation to go and fight against ISISPractise this motion
25. Open OctofinalsThat criminal justice policy should be outsourced to technocrats in place of elected representativesPractise this motion
26. Open OctofinalsThat political parties should be compelled to retain membership racially proportional to the populationPractise this motion
27. Open OctofinalsThat within progressive social justice movements, allies from majorities ought to remain silentPractise this motion
28. EFL SemifinalsThat governments who fail to disaster-proof should be held liable for the deaths of their citizens in the event of a natural disasterPractise this motion
29. EFL SemifinalsThat Greece should sell sovereign control over portions of its territory to private companies in order to finance its debt repaymentPractise this motion
30. EFL SemifinalsThat we celebrate the proliferation of regionally specific human rights instruments such as the Arab Charter on Human Rights, despite deviations from the Universal Declaration of Human RightsPractise this motion
31. Open QuarterfinalsThat states should not enter into international agreements that contain investor-state dispute settlement provisionsPractise this motion
32. Open QuarterfinalsThat we should require companies that develop innovations disrupting established industries to pay compensation to the labour forces they make redundantPractise this motion
33. Open QuarterfinalsThat we should privatise the oceanPractise this motion
34. Open SemifinalsThat faced with a choice between purchasing desirable but non-essential products (e.g. Starbucks) over spending on alleviating suffering (e.g. donating to charity), that we ought to always do the latterPractise this motion
35. Open SemifinalsThat we should not prosecute those who, for reasons of mercy, kill family members who are physically or mentally incapable of consenting to deathPractise this motion
36. Open SemifinalsThat the government should pre-emptively and aggressively intervene in individuals' lives based on data-driven predictions in areas such as health, education and crimePractise this motion
37. EFL Grand FinalThat companies should be compelled to finance their female employees to freeze their eggs and subsequently undergo in vitro fertilisation (IVF)Practise this motion
38. EFL Grand FinalWhere conflicts have disproportionately harmed women, That post-conflict states should exclusively appoint women to positions of leadership in the militaryPractise this motion
39. EFL Grand FinalThat we should prosecute fathers who choose to walk out on their children for criminal negligence, irrespective of whether they pay child supportPractise this motion
40. ESL Grand FinalThat journalists and media organisations who cover conflicts should be required to render reasonable assistance to the victims, even where it directly jeopardises their coveragePractise this motion
41. ESL Grand FinalThat living people owe a moral obligation to preserve an equivalent to present standard of living for future generationsPractise this motion
42. ESL Grand FinalThat we should demonise neutral states that refrain from taking action in conflicts with a definitely identifiable oppressorPractise this motion
43. Open Grand FinalThat we regret the commercialisation of PridePractise this motion
44. Open Grand FinalThat African Americans should embrace claims made by white individuals, such as Rachel Dolezal, to identify as part of their communityPractise this motion
45. Open Grand FinalThat we cannot achieve social justicePractise this motion

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