SBS BPD 2025

1. Round 1THS churches expelling current gang membersPractise this motion
2. Round 2THO the norm of parents being heavily involved with their children's show business careersPractise this motion
3. Round 3THR the narrative that marriages are foreverPractise this motion
4. Round 4THBT India should adopt aggressive free market policies, including but not limited to deregulating of labour markets, allowing foreign investment and privatising state owned enterprisesPractise this motion
5. Round 5This house believes that, within broad budgetary constraints, environmental policy should be decided by a committee of unelected scientific experts selected by their peers.Practise this motion
6. SemifinalsTHR the decoupling between the USA and ChinaPractise this motion
7. Grand FinalTHBT a second Donald Trump presidency is in the interests of the citizens of the United States of AmericaPractise this motion
8. Novice FinalsTHO the narrative that one should seek to forgive those who have wronged themPractise this motion

1. Round 1THBT the culture of celebrating failure (advice to fail fast in your 20s, Silicon Valley's "fail fast, fail often" culture, etc.) does more harm than goodPractise this motion
2. Round 2This house regrets the rise of finfluencersPractise this motion
3. Round 3This house, as the feminist movement, would embrace the "pick me trope"Practise this motion
4. Round 4THBT countries should pivot to using the GNHI over economic indicators (GDP, unemployment etc.) to drive public policy decisions.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This house opposes political beliefs becoming a significant influencing factor in Relationships (romantic,platonic etc.)Practise this motion
6. Open Quarter FinalsThis house supports the ongoing trend of global population declinePractise this motion
7. Novice Semi FinalThis house would shield their child from the knowledge that they were born into privilegePractise this motion
8. Open Semi FinalsThis house opposes the use of debt monetization by governments.Practise this motion
9. Novice FinalsThis house supports Quiet QuittingPractise this motion
10. Open FinalsAssuming either can be proved conclusively, this house prefers a world where the Rare Earth Hypothesis is proven to be true over the Great Filter Hypothesis.Practise this motion

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1. Round 1THR the attachment of vices to godly figures (eg. angst, envy, vengefulness, vanity)Practise this motion
2. Round 2THR the dominant influence of social media on fashion trendsPractise this motion
3. Round 3TH Would prefer a world where white-collar crimes are perceived in the same way as heinous crimes such as murderPractise this motion
4. Round 4THR the memefication of sadnessPractise this motion
5. Round 5THS big tech companies (Google, Microsoft) actively pursuing development of AI chat-botsPractise this motion
6. Novice FinalsTHW make past colonial empires pay reparations to their former colonies who are still classed as developingPractise this motion
7. Open Semi FinalsTHR the growing use of nudge strategy in public policiesPractise this motion
8. Open Grand FinalTHR the rise of hyper-individualism in modern societyPractise this motion

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1. Round 1THBT parents of children from lower socio economic backgrounds should actively discourage their children from pursuing majors with low employability (sociology, history, fine arts, etc).Practise this motion
2. Round 2THP a world where individuals actively refrained from displaying strong emotionsPractise this motion
3. Round 3THS privileged individuals disengaging from discussions which exclusively affect minority/underprivileged communitiesPractise this motion
4. Round 4THBT moderate Islamic groups in Muslim majority developing countries should attempt to co-opt nationalistic narratives in their preachingsPractise this motion
5. Round 5THR the glorification of startup culture in South AsiaPractise this motion
6. Novice Semi FinalsTHW choose to stay in the "Protected Place"Practise this motion
7. Open Quarter FinalsTHBT it is in the best interest of Ukraine for President Zelenskyy to prioritise the Russian-speaking east and southPractise this motion
8. Novice FinalsTHBT a proportion of tax collected from every individual should be donated by the state to prominent independent environmental organisationsPractise this motion
9. Open Semi FinalsIn cases where a government is known to have had information about a climate crisis/disaster (e.g. massive floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions) ahead of time but failed to act accordingly, THBT the government should be held liable for a crime against humanityPractise this motion
10. Open Grand FinalTH, as the journalist from the prominent media news outlet, would not omit the information in our news report and coveragePractise this motion

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