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Macquarie Commonwealth DC 2026

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

Australia, In personAPThe tab

Sun 8 Feb 2026

From 1 tab, newest Macquarie Commonwealth DC 2026.

How many points to break?

2of 10 teams broke
in 2026

The last team in averaged 77.1 speaks in 2026.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 18 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Macquarie Commonwealth DC 202618 motions
  1. Round 1That we oppose the NCAA's decision to allow colleges to pay student athletes.Practise this motion
  2. Round 1That, as the young swimmer, we would participate in the enhanced games.Practise this motion
  3. Round 1That we should allow countries to set their own time zones rather than forcing countries to abide strictly by time zones set by longitudePractise this motion
  4. Round 2That, as the Democrats, we would make abolishing ICE a key part of our mid-term election campaignPractise this motion
  5. Round 2That we believe that the election of Donald Trump in 2024 was not in the interests of these business leadersPractise this motion
  6. Round 2That we prefer a world where US political parties had much higher levels of discipline and organisationPractise this motion
  7. Round 3That it was morally wrong for parents to accept confidential settlements from the Catholic Church on behalf of their children for abuse committed by clergymenPractise this motion
  8. Round 3That we would have a child rather than donate a kidneyPractise this motion
  9. Round 3That we regret Julia Gillard's 2012 Misogyny SpeechPractise this motion
  10. Round 4That we should criminalise sex-by-deceptionPractise this motion
  11. Round 4That we prefer the use of entertainment bans rather than community service orders for sentencing low-level violent offenders (e.g assault)Practise this motion
  12. Round 4That Australian defamation law should apply a fault-based standard rather than a strict liability standardPractise this motion
  13. Round 5That we should give the Reserve Bank of Australia the power to raise or lower the proportion of your pay package that is mandatorily contributed to superannuationPractise this motion
  14. Round 5That we support re-establishing the Loan Council in AustraliaPractise this motion
  15. Round 5That Sussan Ley will still be Opposition Leader in a monthPractise this motion
  16. Grand FinalThat we oppose the deal between Sanchez and the Catalan nationalist partiesPractise this motion
  17. Grand FinalThat Nigel Farage will not be the next Prime Minister of the UKPractise this motion
  18. Grand FinalThat Ayatollah Khamenei will no longer be the Supreme Leader of Iran by 2027Practise this motion

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
76.0
where most speakers land
74.7 to 77.3

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker78.2
  • 10th speaker76.6
  • 20th speaker75.8

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.