Australian BPDC 2024

1. Round 1This House believes that the New South Wales government should incentivise Sydneysiders to move to Wollongong and commute to SydneyPractise this motion
2. Round 2This House opposes the narrative that one should seek to forgive those who have wronged themPractise this motion
3. Round 3This House regrets the merging of pharmaceutical companies into extremely large firmsPractise this motion
4. Round 4This House regrets the partition of IndiaPractise this motion
5. Round 5This House opposes the glorification of good citizenshipPractise this motion
6. Round 6This House would abolish the Common Agricultural PolicyPractise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsThis House prefers the centralised model of managing Islamic banks' compliance with Sharia Law to the individual modelPractise this motion
8. 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)Practise this motion
9. Grand FinalThis House supports the feminist movement embracing sex positivityPractise this motion

1. 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)Practise this motion
2. Round 2This House would abolish R&RsPractise this motion
3. Round 3In areas where abortion is legal and readily accessible, this House would allow paper abortionsPractise this motion
4. Round 4This House opposes "school choice" in liberal democracies.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This House prefers occupation unionism to sector unionismPractise this motion
6. Round 6This House believes that governments should provide disabled people with a direct stipend rather than state-owned disability servicesPractise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsThis House opposes the idea that 'consent is sexy'Practise this motion
8. SemifinalsThis House believes that developing countries should heavily encourage people to borrow from formal domestic banksPractise this motion
9. Grand FinalThis House believes that young people raised in social democracies will trend towards conservatismPractise this motion

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1. Round 1THR the creation of dating apps and websitesPractise this motion
2. Round 2THBT developed nations should end all protectionism for their domestic agricultural sectorsPractise this motion
3. Round 3This house opposes central regulation of cultural productsPractise this motion
4. Round 4THR the popularisation of ballroom culturePractise this motion
5. Round 5TH, as the Russian government, would impose a total energy embargo on EuropePractise this motion
6. SemifinalsTHR attempts to alter blockchain codesPractise this motion
7. Grand FinalTHR the decline of Spain's universal jurisdiction regimePractise this motion

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