Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    THW use the machine.
  • 2
    THW use the machine.
  • 3
    THW use the machine.

    • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    TH would maintain contact with your parents as opposed to going no contact
  • 2
    THBT parents should teach their daughters to distrust men
  • 3
    In a largely socially equal society where the "protected sphere model" is the norm, This House, as a parent, would raise their children according to the "deferred happiness model".

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    THW choose to be a "viewer".
  • 2
    THW press the button.
  • 3
    TH, as the artist, would stop working on their Magnum Opus.

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT India should now ease restrictions on Chinese trade and investment.
  • 2
    THR the use of military aid by the United States to non-state actors (e.g. funding rebel groups in Syria)
  • 3
    THBT the African Union should actively redirect funding from its military interventions towards humanitarian projects (e.g. food insecurity, disease)

    • Round 5

  • 1
    TH, as the person, would live and act solely in self-interest.
  • 2
    TH, as a queer actor with enough social capital to negotiate with directors, would only take up queer roles, even so far as to change the identity of the role so long as it does not affect the plot line
  • 3
    TH, as the philanthropist, would only fund research if it involves furthering diagnostic criteria for WGM, at the expense of funding any and all research into underrepresented afflictions.

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THO the stigmatisation of romantic relationships built upon materialistic needs or exchanges (like sugar-daddies/cougars)
  • 2
    THR the memefication of Never Gonna Give You Up
  • 3
    THR the memefication of seeking mental help

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THBT the European Central Bank should monetize the government deficits of Eurozone countries experiencing financial crises.
  • 2
    THW ban for-profit hospitals
  • 3
    TH, as a region undergoing prolonged economic stagnation, would attempt to revitalise its economy with vice industries (such as gambling, sex work, legislation on drug use, etc.)

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THBT the WNBA should be broadcast in India
  • 2
    THR sports quotas in top-rated universities
  • 3
    TH, as Lando Norris, would take the position at Red Bull Racing.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THP problem-based learning in primary and secondary education as opposed to conventional learning
  • 2
    TH, as a secular nation, would prohibit the promotion of religious propaganda in any form of schooling
  • 3
    THP that schools in developing countries focus substantially on teaching pre-colonial history rather than the anti-colonial resistance in history classes.