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  • This house prefers a minimal state to a modern welfare state

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    In a minimal state, a government's role is exclusively to protect property rights and people's physical security. Beyond this, such a state would not intervene in people's lives, or provide any public services.

    Auckland IV 2024 · Grand Final · 2025-07-05

  • This House, as a Gen Z in a developing country, will quiet quit

    Infoslide

    Quiet quitting occurs when employees fulfill the basic requirements to retain their jobs but refrain from going above and beyond for their employer.

    5th Mindanao Novice Cup · Round 3 · 2025-07-05

  • This house regrets the decline of shushin-koyo in Japan

    Infoslide

    Shūshin koyō, or lifetime employment, was an unwritten social contract where employees committed to a single company for their entire career in exchange for (job security, seniority-based pay increases, and comprehensive benefits.) This system fostered strong company loyalty and a sense of shared destiny between employers and employees. The model began to decline in the 1990s and no longer represents the reality for most Japanese workers, especially for younger generations who are increasingly employed in non-regular positions.

    Tokyo IV 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-07-05

  • We support the implementation of the "15-minute city model" for future urban planning projects.

    Infoslide

    The "15-minute city" is an urban design model focused on developing self-sufficient cities where all essential needs of residents, such as work, education, shopping, healthcare, and entertainment, can be accessed within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from home. It emphasizes multifunctional development, local services, and the sustainability of urban growth. This model was introduced in 2016 by urban planner Carlos Moreno and quickly gained recognition as a solution to alleviate traffic congestion, environmental pollution, social isolation, and the regional specialization of social services. However, there is considerable debate that the model could lead to urban overpopulation, social inequality, and the formation of "local bubbles"—areas where residents are confined to familiar living spaces, diminishing interaction, cultural exchange, and opportunities to access urban resources on a broader scale.

    Zoo Pre-NSDC Gathering Cup 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-07-05

  • This House prefers a world in which humans reproduced externally

    Infoslide

    Humans reproduce internally, through the act of sex. For the purposes of this debate, external reproduction involves organisms releasing gametes into the environment, which randomly combine. This process produces thousands of embryos, of which a small proportion mature into babies. In this world, babies are still adopted and cared for by parents. Organisms that reproduce externally cannot also reproduce internally.

    UNSW IV · Round 5 · 2025-07-05

  • This House believes that all Australian states and territories should allow abortion at any stage of pregnancy without restriction

    Infoslide

    Abortion is legal in the ACT at any stage of pregnancy for any reason. Abortion is legal for any reason until 22 weeks in NSW, South Australia, and Queensland; 24 weeks in the Northern Territory and Victoria; 23 weeks in Western Australia; and 16 weeks in Tasmania. In all these states and territories, aside from Tasmania, abortion is legal until birth with two doctors' approval. GIMMICK: Judges may ask POIs.

    UNSW IV · Semifinals · 2025-07-05

  • This house believes that the feminist movement should oppose the commercialisation of reproduction (e.g. the sale of eggs, commercial surrogacy)

    Infoslide

    Commercial surrogacy is an arrangement where a woman (the surrogate) carries a pregnancy on behalf of another person/couple etc in exchange for financial compensation beyond her direct medical expenses. The sale of eggs is the process whereby a woman has some of her eggs extracted and sold for the purposes of fertility treatment for other people who cannot use their own eggs.

    England BP 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-05

  • In the provision of agricultural insurance, This house believes that developing nations should dissolve their state-owned agricultural insurance corporations in favor of their governments forming risk-sharing agreements with private insurance providers

    Infoslide

    Agricultural insurance is a financial product designed to cover the losses incurred by producers, processors, and distributors of agricultural commodities due to various risks (e.g., weather disturbances, pest infestations). For the purposes of this debate, a risk-sharing agreement is a contractual arrangement between a government and private insurance provider to share the financial burden of covering the losses of clients who availed of agricultural insurance.

    3rd Butuan Intervarsity · Round 3 · 2025-07-04