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  • This house believes that Australia should nationalise its struggling heavy industrial plants rather than subsidising private owners to run them

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    A number of heavy industrial plants in Australia (e.g. smelteries, steelmills) are unlikely to be commercially viable into the near future without government support due in part to energy costs and ageing infrastructure.

    ANU Spring 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-11-15

  • This house supports the academisation of creative arts

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    The academisation of the creative arts refers to an increase in the proportion of workers in creative art fields (television, films, publishing etc) who hold university degrees in the creative arts (e.g. Masters of Fine Arts), as well as an increase in people holding such degrees more generally.

    ANU Spring 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-15

  • This house would choose to become a ghost-writer.

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    You are a young and talented short-story and poetry writer who publishes online, earning little and working multiple part-time jobs to get by and afford rent; you are approached by a fairly prominent artist and offered a deal to sign with their label, guaranteeing a stable and significantly above- average salary as a ghostwriter; you will never publish online or under your own name again as a part of the contract

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-11-10

  • This house supports the growing role of private equity in online content creation

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    Private equity refers to a class of businesses which buy and invest in private companies (companies which are not publically listed on stock exchanges). In recent years an increasing percentage of Youtube channels have been purchased by private equity firms including CocoMelon, Veritasium, and Game Theory. The nature of these contracts is often undisclosed, but typically involves the private equity firm keeping on the original creators as part owners or employees who are paid a fixed salary or percentage of revenue.

    Chancellor's Cup 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-08

  • This House supports the rise of the gig economy in developing countries

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    A gig economy describes a labor market where freelance or short-term contracts are common. Independent contractors fill these roles in verbal or written agreements, and receive paid compensation. Examples include: online tutors, delivery drivers, freelance programming, hired househelp, etc.

    University of Western Ontario Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01

  • As an average individual, This house prefers to be agro-rich than urban-rich

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    For this debate, being agro-rich means having wealth that comes primarily from the ownership of land, farms, and agricultural production or exports; wealth that depends on physical assets, long-term contracts, and the continued management of land, machinery, and workers. It often includes commitments that tie you to the land and its operations. Being urban-rich means having wealth that comes from urban economic activity: high-paying jobs in services, finance, law, real estate, or technology, where income depends on knowledge, professional advancement, and capital flows. It often includes commitments like mortgages, stock options, or promotions.

    South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-11-01

  • This house regrets the trend of large accounting firms (e.g., Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG), and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), etc.) expanding their business into management consulting.

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-01

  • This house believes that the lottery-and-fee system for employee-sponsored H-1B visas should be replaced with an auction

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    The H-1B visa allows U.S. for-profit employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor’s degree. Each year, 85,000 new H-1Bs are available, allocated by lottery. The Trump administration has implemented fees of $100,000 on H-1B visas granted to those applying from outside the U.S.

    Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-31

  • This house believes that professional sports should adopt the athlete control model

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    In professional sports, athlete control is a hypothetical concept that allows for members of a team's active roster to have voting power in key operational decisions for the team (e.g. stadium construction, hiring/firing coaches, approving new ownership, etc.). In the athlete control model, the cumulative voting power of the team rosters would be a significant minority (roughly 40%) of the vote share.

    Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-31

  • This house believes that CJ Opiaza should not accept the crown

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    In pageantry, "in the case that the winner failed to fulfill her duties, the first runner-up will take her position." Recently, Miss Grand International dethroned their reigning Miss MGI 2024 Rachel Gupta of India for her inability and unwillingness to fulfill her responsibilities. Gupta gave her own statement accusing that the organization has mistreated her, the org was quick to deny this. CJ Opiaza is the first runner-up and is set to be the first MGI titleholder from the Philippines.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Round 2 · 2025-10-25