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  • This house would prioritize capacitating indigenous communities in creative enterprises rooted in their traditional culture as opposed to helping them secure employment in other sectors of the economy (e.g., industry and services)

    Raul Roco Cup XVII · Round 1 · 2025-04-25

  • That we prefer a world where the Clinton Administration fully implemented the recommendations of the 1995 U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform

    Infoslide

    In 1995, the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, recommended a comprehensive overhaul of immigration policy that included reducing legal immigration from approximately 800,000 to 550,000 annually, eliminating visa preferences for adult children and siblings of U.S. citizens, prioritising skills-based immigration and nuclear family reunification, and strengthening border enforcement and employer sanctions. While the Clinton Administration implemented some of the Commission’s enforcement-related recommendations, it declined to adopt proposals to reduce legal immigration levels or restructure family-based immigration categories

    Melbourne Easters 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-04-21

  • That US civil servants should actively work to keep their jobs in the Federal Civil Service

    Infoslide

    Shortly after the commencement of Donald Trump's second term, the Trump Administration began a campaign to significantly reduce the size of the Federal Civil Service. This entailed efforts to fire civil servants, and convince them to resign, such as: offering redundancy payments, changing job requirements, transferring civil servants, and applying political pressure to senior civil servants.

    Melbourne Easters 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-04-21

  • (A) This house, as the feminist movement, would propagate "have it all" feminism

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, "have it all" refers to (and is not limited to) the idea that women can have successful careers, raise families, and maintain fulfilling personal lives all at the same time.

    Taiwan International Debate Open 2025 · Pro-Am Semifinals · 2025-04-19

  • This House Supports the use of growth mindset in corporate culture

    Infoslide

    The "growth mindset" is the belief that abilities and intelligence can and should be constantly developed through effort, learning, and persistence. It can include consistently analysing failures to draw lessons, engaging in regular self evaluation and feedback from others, and measuring and rewarding growth and improvement.

    Imperial Online Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-19

  • That we would fake it until we make it

    Infoslide

    You are a young woman who has just graduated from University and are now looking to start your career. You have applied for a number of entry level jobs, but also put in a long-shot application for your dream job. You are pretty underqualified for your dream job, so you creatively edited your CV to imply your experience and skillset is a fair bit better than it is. You have just been offered your dream job.

    UNSW Pre-Easters 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-15

  • TWS legalise solidarity strikes

    Infoslide

    'Solidarity action' is industrial action (e.g. strikes) taken by a workforce in support of another, separate workforce. They could be in the same industry or different industries.

    UNSW Pre-Easters 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-04-15

  • This house opposes the prevalence of "Firm is Family" culture

    Infoslide

    "Firm is Family" culture refers to a mentality promoted in the workplace that encourages viewing a company one works at and its employees as a cohesive unit with shared values, loyalty, and a sense of mutual responsibility, similar to a family. Like in family structures, all members of the workplace are encouraged to share a more personal relationship with each other, make sacrifices for the sake of their love for the company and incorporate workplace events that cultivate platonic connections amongst workers such as Christmas parties, office happy hour nights, sports teams, etc.

    Queen's High School Tournament 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-13

  • This House, as the young person, would choose to pursue the apprenticeship rather than the MBA

    Infoslide

    You are an ambitious 25 year old young person You have graduated from an excellent university in your country and have topped your class at a liberal arts degree. You worked for 3 year at an office desk, but found the pay and job prospect unsatisfactory. Desperate for change you applied to the MBA program to the Top Business School in your country and also trade-school at an apprentice post that interests you. You got accepted to both the MBA program of your choice and earned an apprenticeship.

    Debatable Open 2025 · Schools Finals · 2025-04-12

  • This House Believes that the Medical Licensing Board for Nurses and Doctors should be staffed by civil servants as opposed to nurses and doctors’ representatives

    Infoslide

    Self-advocating encourages patients to make sure their issues are not dismissed by medical professionals. This includes doing your own research, asking for a second opinion, making sure doctors note down denying tests in your medical record, etc

    Debatable Open 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-04-12

  • Assuming the technology was safe and feasible, This house supports a wide-spread adaptation of the severance technology

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, severance is a brain-surgery that individuals can perform that will allow them to have two separate personalities. One of the personality will be an “innie”, able to work at a day job where-as the other personality, the “outie”, will live life outside of work. The two personalities switch the moment they leave the compound of the work place, their memory does not cross-over between personalities.

    Debatable Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-12

  • This house would prohibit governments from bailing out failing industries

    Infoslide

    A government bailout is financial assistance provided by the government to struggling businesses, industries, or financial institutions to prevent their collapse. This can come in the form of loans, grants, or asset purchases, often to stabilize the economy and protect jobs.

    Debatable Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-12