Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    That ‘cancel culture’ has done more harm than good.
  • 2
    That knowledge of current affairs is more important than knowledge of history.
  • 3
    That parents should never lie to their children.

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    That children's film-makers (Disney, etc) should avoid making animated films that contain darker themes (e.g. colonialism in Pocahontas, parental death in the Lion King).
  • 2
    That schools should use educational TV shows (eg. Horrible Histories) as a key part of their curriculums.
  • 3
    That the rise in people seeing news on social media has done more good than harm.

    • Round 7

  • 1
    5:30pm: That governments should cease funding space programmes (e.g. NASA)
  • 2
    6:30pm: That we should ban private space exploration companies (eg. Space X)

    • Round 6

  • 1
    5:30pm: That the government should provide free internet to all people.
  • 2
    6:30pm: That fines should be proportional to income.
  • 3
    7:30pm: That politicians should be required to send their children to public schools.

    • Round 5

  • 1
    5:30pm: That referendums should only need more than 50% of the national vote to pass
  • 2
    6:30pm: That Australia should move its capital city from Canberra to Sydney.
  • 3
    7:30pm: That we should lower the voting age to 16.

    • Round 4

  • 1
    5:30pm That we should ban homeschooling
  • 2
    6:30pm That it should be compulsory for students to study a language for all years of schooling.
  • 3
    7:30pm That teachers should earn bonuses* for increased student performance. * A bonus means an increase in pay for that year.

    • Round 3

  • 1
    That environmental activists should not engage in militant tactics (e.g. sabotaging gas pipelines or blocking main roads)

    • Round 2

  • 1
    That we should ban the televising of violent sports (e.g. boxing)

    • Round 1

  • 1
    That public transport should be free