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Australian BPDC 2024

2024-09-07 · Australia · BP

Part of the Australian British Parliamentary Debating Championship (ABPDC) series →

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The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

56 teams (This edition), 54 teams (2023), 21 teams (2022)

Motions from this series

Australian BPDC 2024 (2024)9 motions
  • Round 1This House believes that the New South Wales government should incentivise Sydneysiders to move to Wollongong and commute to Sydney
  • Round 2This House opposes the narrative that one should seek to forgive those who have wronged them
  • Round 3This House regrets the merging of pharmaceutical companies into extremely large firms
  • Round 4This House regrets the partition of India
  • Round 5This House opposes the glorification of good citizenship
  • Round 6This House would abolish the Common Agricultural Policy
  • QuarterfinalsThis House prefers the centralised model of managing Islamic banks' compliance with Sharia Law to the individual model
  • SemifinalsThis House would introduce a mandatory no-fault insurance scheme for organisations that deploy AI in their operations (e.g. rideshare services using driverless cars, businesses using AI chatbots to assist customers, companies using AI pricing algorithms to enter into contracts for sale of goods)
  • Grand FinalThis House supports the feminist movement embracing sex positivity
Australian BPDC 2023 (2023)9 motions
  • Round 1This House supports the privatisation of humanitarian intervention (eg, the UN hires mercenaries and private military contractors (PMCs) for peacekeeping, states hire mercenaries and PMCs to intervene in conflict)
  • Round 2This House would abolish R&Rs
  • Round 3In areas where abortion is legal and readily accessible, this House would allow paper abortions
  • Round 4This House opposes "school choice" in liberal democracies.
  • Round 5This House prefers occupation unionism to sector unionism
  • Round 6This House believes that governments should provide disabled people with a direct stipend rather than state-owned disability services
  • QuarterfinalsThis House opposes the idea that 'consent is sexy'
  • SemifinalsThis House believes that developing countries should heavily encourage people to borrow from formal domestic banks
  • Grand FinalThis House believes that young people raised in social democracies will trend towards conservatism
Australian BPDC 2022 (2022)7 motions
  • Round 1THR the creation of dating apps and websites
  • Round 2THBT developed nations should end all protectionism for their domestic agricultural sectors
  • Round 3This house opposes central regulation of cultural products
  • Round 4THR the popularisation of ballroom culture
  • Round 5TH, as the Russian government, would impose a total energy embargo on Europe
  • SemifinalsTHR attempts to alter blockchain codes
  • Grand FinalTHR the decline of Spain's universal jurisdiction regime

What gets set here

Economics28%
Social & Identity28%
Politics12%
Law & Crime8%
International Relations8%
Technology8%

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You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Economics · 28% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 28% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 12% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

32% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.3.

Last edition: 16 of 56 teams broke.

  • 20229 pts · 79.0 speaks8/21
  • 202312 pts · 78.2 speaks16/54
  • 202411 pts · 77.7 speaks16/56
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How scoring works here

77.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.6 and 79.5.

This is 0.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.8

Top-10 pace 79.7

Top-20 pace 78.7

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 3 editions.

Comparable: Vienna Pre-EUDC 2026 (77.2), Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇦🇺 Oscar C.MGThis House regrets the merging of pharmaceutical companies into extremely large firms84
🇦🇺 Conna L.DPMThis House opposes the narrative that one should seek to forgive those who have wronged them84
🇦🇺 Bennett R.OWThis House regrets the partition of India83
🇦🇺 Eugene B.MOThis House regrets the merging of pharmaceutical companies into extremely large firms83
🇦🇺 Jordyn G.PMThis House would abolish the Common Agricultural Policy83
🇦🇺 Ally P.DPMThis House would abolish the Common Agricultural Policy83
🇦🇺 Lachie D.GWThis House regrets the partition of India82
🇦🇺 Sophie S.OWThis House regrets the partition of India82
🇦🇺 Oscar C.LOThis House regrets the partition of India82
🇦🇺 Hoyeon S.MGThis House opposes the narrative that one should seek to forgive those who have wronged them82
🇦🇺 Sophie S.GWThis House opposes the narrative that one should seek to forgive those who have wronged them82
🇦🇺 Lachie D.LOThis House regrets the merging of pharmaceutical companies into extremely large firms82

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