Motions

Open Grand Final

  • 1
    That we regret the belief that there is inherent value in martyrdom.
  • 2
    That we regret the norm of parents financially supporting their children after they become adults.
  • 3
    That we regret the vilification of communism.

    • ESL Grand Final

  • 1
    That the ICC should abolish the principle of complementarity.
  • 2
    That we should abolish the Common Agricultural Policy.
  • 3
    That investment in sport should prioritise funding grassroots and community sports as opposed to elite athletes.

    • EFL Grand Final

  • 1
    That wealthy environmentalists should purchase land and not allow mining or drilling on it, instead of donating to political campaigns for government regulations.
  • 2
    That activist groups against companies with poor ethical records that sell physical products (ie. Nike), should protest by stealing merchandise from stores, distributors and factories.
  • 3
    That climate change activists should exclusively focus on changing the behaviour of governments and big businesses (rather than campaigning for individuals to make small changes in their own lives).

    • Open Semifinals

  • 1
    That we regret the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.
  • 2
    That we support federalism in the Philippines.
  • 3
    That parliamentary democracies should have an upper house with randomly selected citizens.

    • ESL Semifinals

  • 1
    That we regret the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.
  • 2
    That we support federalism in the Philippines.
  • 3
    That parliamentary democracies should have an upper house with randomly selected citizens.

    • Open Quarterfinals

  • 1
    That social media platforms should be held legally part-liable for hosted content that passes a certain threshold of 'clout' (e.g. pageviews).
  • 2
    That we oppose the development of implantable Direct Cortical Interfaces.
  • 3
    That we prefer a world where digital anonymity is and was the norm.

    • Open Octofinals

  • 1
    That, as China, we would suspend rare earth mineral exports to the United States in response to the trade war.
  • 2
    That, as Hong Kong, we would prefer having remained under British rule rather than reverting to China.
  • 3
    That, as the Chinese Communist Party, we would officially acknowledge and express regret for the Tiananmen massacre.

    • Round 8

  • 1
    That we should abolish cash bail and replace it with an algorithmic risk assessment.
  • 2
    That reputational damage should not be a mitigating factor in criminal sentencing.
  • 3
    That we should nationalise all provision of legal services.

    • Round 7

  • 1
    That, as an Islamic political party in a democracy (e.g. PAS in Malaysia, National Awakening Party PKB in Indonesia, Jamaat e Islami in Pakistan and Bangladesh) we would abandon an agenda of Islamic political reform and focus instead on provision of social services.
  • 2
    That, as Qatar, we would abandon all attempts to reconcile with the Saudi coalition.
  • 3
    That India should remove Articles 35A and 370 of the Indian Constitution.

    • Round 6

  • 1
    That we regret the prominent usage of self-deprecating humour by female comedians.
  • 2
    That we support the #OwnVoices campaign that says authors should only write from the perspective of their own lived experiences and stories.
  • 3
    That minority movements should abandon the strategy of ‘reclaiming’ words used as slurs.

    • Round 5

  • 1
    That we should ban the short-selling of shares.
  • 2
    That we should force large companies to be fully publicly listed.
  • 3
    That self-described 'socially responsible investors' should engage in shareholder activism with companies that have poor ethical records rather than excluding them from their portfolios.

    • Round 4

  • 1
    That, as an evangelical conservative leader in a red/swing state, we should endorse a third party candidate (such as Evan McMullan) instead of Donald Trump.
  • 2
    That we regret the commercialisation of cultural/religious festivals.
  • 3
    That you should start a new religion.

    • Round 3

  • 1
    That the international community should recognize Somaliland as an independent and sovereign nation.
  • 2
    That, as Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC), we would hand Omar al-Bashir over to the International Criminal Court.
  • 3
    Assuming the Sudanese civilians manage to take power from the military, That the new civilian government should revert to its pre-1970 flag.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    That we should use predictive data to assess the age at which individuals should qualify for retirement pension payments, rather than a standardised retirement age.
  • 2
    That we support greater restrictions on migrants' access to civic rights (welfare, healthcare, voting rights, etc.) in exchange for more open immigration.
  • 3
    That we should allow parents to raise babies behind bars.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    That the United States should adopt a single payer insurance scheme instead of offering a public option in the private insurance market.
  • 2
    That progressive politicians in the United States should boycott Fox News.
  • 3
    That the Democratic party should elect a centrist candidate for the upcoming United States presidential election.