Sydney Mini 2022

1. Round 1This house supports allowing the estates of individuals who die due to outbreaks of infectious disease to sue national health authorities for negligencePractise this motion
2. Round 2This house supports the governments of developing nations offering negative interest loans to domestic businessesPractise this motion
3. Round 3This house, as Nepal, prefers strengthening our long-term relationship with China rather than IndiaPractise this motion
4. Round 4This house believes that joining or attempting to join a terrorist organisation should not be a crime in and of itselfPractise this motion
5. Round 5This house would abolish political parties in local governmentPractise this motion
6. SemifinalsThis house regrets the decline of the Catholic Church's art patronagePractise this motion
7. Grand FinalThis house would give the Romani people of Europe full representation in the European UnionPractise this motion

1. Round 1 (Friday)This House supports policies and norms which require public servants to be apolitical.Practise this motion
2. Round 1 (Saturday)This House would ban former politicians from taking up lobbyist roles.Practise this motion
3. Round 2This House regrets the tendency to shield children from death.Practise this motion
4. Round 3This House believes that developed nations should adopt bail-ins instead of bail-outs as their primary means of rescuing distressed financial institutions.Practise this motion
5. Round 4This House regrets the revival of Confucianism in China.Practise this motion
6. Round 5This House prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (ie. conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends).Practise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsThis House supports the National African American Gun Association.Practise this motion
8. SemifinalsThis House supports Mohammad bin Salman’s leadership.Practise this motion
9. Grand FinalAssuming feasibility, This House would allow people to sell their happiness to others.Practise this motion

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1. Round 1 (Friday)This House opposes the private provision of services generally considered to be public services (e.g. healthcare, education).Practise this motion
2. Round 1 (Saturday)This House believes that all universities should be required to decide which students to admit based purely on academic results.Practise this motion
3. Round 2This House, as the European Union, would create a standing army.Practise this motion
4. Round 3This House supports gritty realism in favour of sanitising historical representation in art (e.g. by including mistreatment of women in pseudo-medieval period pieces like Game of Thrones).Practise this motion
5. Round 4This House believes that developed countries should not prosecute companies for engaging in bribery in developing countries, where such practices are common in the course of business.Practise this motion
6. Round 5This House, as a low-SES parent of one, would encourage their child of average ability to be content with their circumstances rather than to be ambitious.Practise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsThis House prefers sortition elections to elections in which the entire electorate votes.Practise this motion
8. SemifinalsThis House regrets the existence of high fashion.Practise this motion
9. Grand FinalThis House would constitutionally compel the President of South Africa to form governments including all major political parties, with positions in cabinet allocated proportionately to each party’s vote share.Practise this motion
10. Grand FinalThis House believes that all daycare programs should be run by sentient artificial intelligence.Practise this motion

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