Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    That climate activists should focus on achieving legal personhood for individual environmental features over traditional forms of environmental protection.
  • 2
    That environmentalists should adopt a narrative of anthropocentrism over ecocentrism.
  • 3
    That we believe the carrot is better than the stick.

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    This house would prohibit the private ownership of art that is deemed to be historically and culturally significant
  • 2
    That we should use taxation to eliminate billionaires.
  • 3
    That we should ban the private of space exploration endeavors (e.g. SpaceX).

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    That we oppose the reboot trend.
  • 2
    That artists should refrain from actively and openly interpreting their art (Eg. talking about songs meanings in interviews).
  • 3
    That film, literary, and artistic awards (eg. the Oscars and Nobel Prize in Literature) should be decided by members of the public rather than a panel of experts.

    • Make-Up

  • 1
    MUR Topic 1
  • 2
    MUR Topic 2
  • 3
    MUR Topic 3

    • Round 6

  • 1
    That high schools should teach students how to use Artificial Intelligence and encourage its use for students' work.
  • 2
    That students should be required to learn a second language in all years of schooling
  • 3
    That Wikipedia has done more harm than good.

    • Round 5

  • 1
    That we should ban covers of songs generated by artificial intelligence
  • 2
    That films and books should be required to be historically accurate
  • 3
    That true crime literature and media should be banned

    • Round 4

  • 1
    This house would provide amnesty to dictators in exchange for them peacefully stepping down
  • 2
    That countries with poor human rights track records should not be able to host the Olympics
  • 3
    That Australia should attempt to develop nuclear weapons

    • Round 3

  • 1
    Compulsory voting

    • Round 2

  • 1
    That we should abolish all intellectual property restrictions (eg. trademarks, patents) on inventions and technologies that have significant environmental benefits

    • Round 1

  • 1
    That creating the Enhanced Games would do more harm than good.