Competition Topics - 2024

Senior A

That we support the privatisation of humanitarian intervention (e.g., the UN hires mercenaries and private military contractors (PMCs) for peacekeeping, states hire mercenaries and PMCs to intervene in conflict).

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That the ownership of globally significant environmental spaces (e.g. the Amazon rainforest, Mount Everest, Great Barrier reef) should be transferred to an international organisation (e.g. the UN).

Year 12

That we should provide people with disabilities with a direct stipend rather than government disability services.

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That we should grant the Northern Territory to the First Nations people as an independent nation.

Year 11

That we oppose the ideal that one ought sacrifice themselves for the greater good.

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That Australia should become a direct democracy (i.e. citizens directly vote on specific policies as opposed to electing representatives).

Year 10

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That we should ban the publication of political opinion polls.

That we, as an aspiring junior athlete, would choose to specialise in a specific sport from a young age.

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That we should impose criminal liability on individuals who fail to assist a person in danger when doing so would not place them at serious risk.

Year 9

That we should privatise the ABC.

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That unemployed youths should be forced to join the military.

That the Australian government should prioritise providing people in rural areas with online access to medical care (e.g. Telehealth) over developing actual hospitals in their area.

Year 8

That schools should offer dual learning systems of online and in-person learning.

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That we should legalise vigilantism in high crime areas.

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That we should make people’s right to vote contingent upon passing a general knowledge test.

Year 7

That we should ban the Commonwealth Games.

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That parents should charge their children living costs (e.g. rent, utilities, food).

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