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Australian BPDC 2025
2025-10-04 · Australia, In person · BP
Part of the Australian British Parliamentary Debating Championship (ABPDC) series →
Motions
Australian BPDC 2025 (2025)9 motions
- Round 1This House supports the Albanese government’s social media age restrictions
- Round 2This House believes that Australia should create a separate democratically-elected legislature with sole authority to create policy and determine spending on energy
- Round 3This House prefers the narrative that you can never really know yourself, over the narrative that emphasises the need to "find yourself"
- Round 4At the conclusion of the Russo-Ukrainian War, this House believes that it is in the interests of the EU to publicly guarantee and subsequently grant Ukraine EU membership within 5 years
- Round 5This House prefers that Brazilian feminists oppose, rather than support, cosmetic surgery culture
- Round 6This House believes that top academic journals should publish by selecting and formally reviewing drafts from preprint servers
- QuarterfinalsThis House prefers water trading systems to riparian water rights systems
- SemifinalsThis House believes that the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic should accept the Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal
- Grand FinalThis House predicts that gender inequality in the West will worsen, rather than improve, in the next 10 years
What gets set here
Social & Identity33%
International Relations22%
Technology11%
Politics11%
Education11%
Economics11%
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25% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.9.
Last edition: 17 of 68 teams broke.
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Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Elinor S. | MG | This House believes that Australia should create a separate democratically-elected legislature with sole authority to create policy and determine spending on energy | 85 |
| 🇦🇺 Charlie R. | DPM | This House prefers the narrative that you can never really know yourself, over the narrative that emphasises the need to "find yourself" | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Sophie S. | PM | This House believes that top academic journals should publish by selecting and formally reviewing drafts from preprint servers | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Alexis M. | DPM | This House believes that top academic journals should publish by selecting and formally reviewing drafts from preprint servers | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Maya A. | LO | This House prefers the narrative that you can never really know yourself, over the narrative that emphasises the need to "find yourself" | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Elinor S. | DLO | This House believes that top academic journals should publish by selecting and formally reviewing drafts from preprint servers | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Elinor S. | PM | This House prefers that Brazilian feminists oppose, rather than support, cosmetic surgery culture | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Sophie S. | LO | This House prefers that Brazilian feminists oppose, rather than support, cosmetic surgery culture | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Charlie R. | DLO | This House believes that Australia should create a separate democratically-elected legislature with sole authority to create policy and determine spending on energy | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 William M. | MG | At the conclusion of the Russo-Ukrainian War, this House believes that it is in the interests of the EU to publicly guarantee and subsequently grant Ukraine EU membership within 5 years | 83 |
| Angus M. | GW | At the conclusion of the Russo-Ukrainian War, this House believes that it is in the interests of the EU to publicly guarantee and subsequently grant Ukraine EU membership within 5 years | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Sam D. | GW | This House supports the Albanese government’s social media age restrictions | 83 |
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