Motions

Open Grand Finals

  • 1
    THR the decline of economic class as the primary organiser of political identity in mainstream left in western liberal democracies
  • 2
    THR MUDA's decision to join the Pakatan Harapan coalition
  • 3
    THBT the Republican and Democratic parties should select congressional, senate and presidential candidates through a vote by the party leadership rather than through primaries

    • Novice Grand Finals

  • 1
    THR the romanticisation of civl rights activists as pacifist and moderate
  • 2
    THBT the feminist movement should support female athletes who capitalise on their sexuality to increase the viewership of female sporting leagues
  • 3
    THBT LGBTQIA+ activists in post-colonial states should promote the narrative that their former colonisers have an obligation to victims of homophobia and queerphobia (e.g. pushing countries to open their borders to all LGBTQIA+ asylum claims and offer significant reparations)

    • Open Semifinals

  • 1
    THR the romanticisation of civil rights activists as pacifist and moderate
  • 2
    THBT the feminist movement should support female athletes who capitalise on their sexuality to increase the viewership of female sporting leagues
  • 3
    THBT LGBTQIA+ activists in post-colonial states should promote the narrative that their former colonisers have an obligation to victims of homophobia and queerphobia (e.g. pushing countries to open their borders to all LGBTQIA+ asylum claims and offer significant reparations)

    • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    THW ban corporate sponsorship of academic research
  • 2
    THW ban for-profit universities and colleges
  • 3
    In states with high unemployment, THBT governments should choose to make education for STEM fields free at the cost of increasing the tuition of humanities

    • Open Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THW ban corporate sponsorship of academic research
  • 2
    THW ban for-profit universities and colleges
  • 3
    In states with high unemployment, THBT governments should choose to make education for STEM fields free at the cost of increasing the tuition of humanities

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THW allow parents to remove their children from specific classes at school (such as sports, religious studies, sex education and science) on moral, religious or political grounds
  • 2
    THBT parents of children from lower socio-economic backgrounds should actively discourage their children from pursuing liberal arts majors (e.g. sociology, art history, humanities)
  • 3
    TH, as a middle-class mother, would teach their daughter to devalue romantic relationships

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THW allow individual workers to waive their labour rights (e.g., days off, hours limits, parental leave) in exchange for additional pay.
  • 2
    THBT the IMF should require collateral for bailouts
  • 3
    THR the popularity of ‘Buy now, pay later’

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THBT Western states should support local rebel groups (e.g. by funding them and giving them intel) as opposed to direct military intervention in other states
  • 2
    THS the use of lustration in countries transitioning from authoritarian regimes
  • 3
    TH as a Western European government, W recognise and establish ties with the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THS the rise of anti-natalism
  • 2
    THW grant those diagnosed with terminal illnesses the right to access treatments that have not completed clinical testing
  • 3
    THW scale national health insurance premiums based on unhealthy lifestyle factors (e.g., obesity, smoking)