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Curtin Debate Open 2025
Nov 22, 2025 · BP
Motions
Curtin Debate Open 2025 (2025)8 motionsCA: 🇲🇾 Imran I., 🇲🇾 Syed A., Hinano H.
- Round 1This house believes that moral education should priorities on moral goodness (e.g. empathy, kindness, why bullying is wrong) rather than consequence of morally bad behaviors (e.g. disciplinary records, social and legal repercussions)
- Round 2In countries with mandatory military conscription, this house believes that feminist groups should advocate for the conscription of women.
- Round 3In times of high unemployment, this house would significantly relax minimum labour standards (e.g. workplace health and safety standards, minimum wage, working hours restrictions)
- Round 4This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces
- QuarterfinalsAssuming feasibility, this house would nationalise the drug trade in areas with high crime rates
- SemifinalsThis house believes that the continued normalisation of relations between Arab states and Israel will do more harm than good to Arab states.
- Grand FinalThis house prefers a world where individuals who turn 18 can choose a limited set of their own personality traits
- Novice Grand FinalThis house regrets the glorification of military leaders of colonial revolutions in postcolonial states
What gets set here
Social & Identity38%
Education13%
Economics13%
Law & Crime13%
International Relations13%
Comedy & Novelty13%
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Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
40% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 7 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 76.5.
Last edition: 18 of 45 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break18 teams
- Novice break13 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jovan K. | LO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 80 |
| Seia F. | MO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 80 |
| Shun Y. | OW | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 80 |
| Abel M. | DLO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
| Megumi Y. | DLO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
| Abel M. | OW | In times of high unemployment, this house would significantly relax minimum labour standards (e.g. workplace health and safety standards, minimum wage, working hours restrictions) | 79 |
| Seia F. | MG | In countries with mandatory military conscription, this house believes that feminist groups should advocate for the conscription of women. | 79 |
| Skye C. | PM | In countries with mandatory military conscription, this house believes that feminist groups should advocate for the conscription of women. | 79 |
| Joshua W. | LO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
| Emmanuel S. | DLO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
| Cynthia Y. | GW | In countries with mandatory military conscription, this house believes that feminist groups should advocate for the conscription of women. | 79 |
| Rubarb | PM | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
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