Latest motions

This House Opposes the stigmatization of parenthood regret (Round 1)

This House Prefers a world in which most people practice conventional polytheism over one in which most practice henotheism (Round 2)

This House Would, as a young adult, live life as though civilisation will end within 20 years (Round 3)

This House Believes That the European Stability Mechanism should require member states facing sovereign debt crises to adopt financial repression rather than austerity as a condition for financial assistance (Round 4)

This House Opposes the glorification of novelty. (Round 5)

This House Prefers a world in which post-independence India adopted a radically decentralized federal structure (Quarterfinals)

This house, as the leaders of the 4 centrist opposition parties, would form a government with the Arab parties over a rotational government with the Likud, with Netanyahu serving as prime minister (Semifinals)

This House Prefers a world where humans remained organised in city states and principalities, loosely organised in systems of alliances, trade leagues, or tributaries, over centralising into larger empires/nation states (Novice Semifinals)

This House Prefers a world where Ukraine surrendered within 72 hours of the Russian invasion (Novice Finals)

This House Regrets the prominence of open source software. (Grand Final)

This house opposes the narrative of needing to “become the best version of yourself” (Round 1)

This house, as an average university student, W embrace, rather than reject, economic nihilism (Round 2)

This house believes that there will be a resurgence of religiosity among Gen Z (individuals born between 1997–2012) relative to Millennials (individuals born between 1981–1996) in the West (Round 3)

This house would implement a fast-track approval pathway for large renewable energy projects (e.g. major solar, wind, and geothermal installations) in developing states (Round 4)

This house believes that states with declining birth rates should prioritise extending the number of years older adults spend in the workforce over incentivising having more children (Round 5)

This house opposes the decline of red-light districts in Western liberal democracies (Quarterfinals)

This house prefers a world in which Abrahamic religions widely believe that the Messiah has already come and will not come again, rather than a world in which they await the Messiah's arrival (Semifinals)

This house believes that leaders of protest movements should not seek political office themselves (Novice Semifinals)

This house supports the increasing militarisation of Southeast Asia (Grand Final)

This house supports religious institutions actively promoting the belief that God actively intervenes in human affairs (Novice Grand Final)