Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    This house opposes the government-led memorialisation of war e.g. public memorials, monuments and public holidays.
  • 2
    That we regret the vilification of communism.
  • 3
    This house would remove statues and other memorials of historical figures whose values or actions are considered abhorrent by today’s standards as opposed to adding a plaque with this contextual information.

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    That we regret the narrative that friendship requires strong obligations (e.g. time-intensive favours, extensive emotional support, strong loyalty).
  • 2
    That we support the narrative that “money can’t buy happiness.”
  • 3
    That we prefer to live in a society with strong consequentialist norms to a society with strong deontological norms

    • Round 6

  • 1
    This House Believes that Artificial Intelligence Will Lead to More Harm than Good
  • 2
    This house would ban the development of AIs designed for military combat
  • 3
    This house prefers a world where all work could be done effectively and affordably by robots.

    • Round 5

  • 1
    This House believes that democracies should make voting mandatory
  • 2
    This house believes that professional sports player should be allowed to enhance ability by using drugs
  • 3
    This house supports 100% tax on all inherited wealth

    • Round 4

  • 1
    That we prefer needs based to merit based scholarships for university.
  • 2
    That the government should financially incentivise women to study STEM in tertiary education
  • 3
    That we should abolish academic tenure*. *Tenure is an appointment at a university where an academic's employment cannot be terminated except in exceptional circumstances (e.g. a crime, a serious breach of duties)

    • Round 3

  • 1
    That we support eco-vandalism* as a form of protest. *The vandalisation of famous artworks to raise awareness about the climate crisis, e.g. tomato soup thrown at Van Gogh’s sunflowers. Eco-vandalism is not necessarily destructive.
  • 2
    That, as an artist, we would prioritise making our art comprehensible to audiences, at the expense of authentic self-expression.
  • 3
    That we support the recasting of popular works with minority actors, as opposed to the creation of new works with minority characters.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    That, assuming feasibility, we would invade the alien civilisation.
  • 2
    That we support the commercialisation of space and space exploration (e.g. space tourism, paying to send things to space, future space settlements, etc.)
  • 3
    That we, as an astronaut, would take part in Mars one (one way trip to Mars).

    • Round 1

  • 1
    That, as an artist who has fallen out of the mainstream, we would create music designed to go viral on TikTok.
  • 2
    That Reality TV game shows like "The Bachelor," "Ex on the Beach," and "Love Island" should be banned.
  • 3
    That, as a new parent, we would try to turn our child into a ‘Kid Influencer’ on social media