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This house would only allow university admission on the basis of standardized testing, as opposed to non-quantitative methods (e.g. essays, alumni interviews)
Vietnam Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-20
This house supports the nationalisation of legal services
Vietnam Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-20
In places with high levels of religious radicalism, This house believes that schools should push progressive interpretations of religious texts as opposed to secular classes on ethics and morality
Vietnam Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-20
This House Regrets Zero-Tolerance Policies for Youth's
Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 1 · 2025-08-18
This House Would Make Adoption Illegal For Non-Relative Guardians
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Non-relative guardians are individuals who take legal responsibility for a child's care and upbringing but are not biologically or legally related to the child. This includes foster parents, adoptive parents outside the family, or other appointed caregivers.

Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 2 · 2025-08-18
This House would Mandate All Businesses to Accept Only Digital Payments
Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 4 · 2025-08-18
This House believes that Malaysia Madani's Fiscal Policy Entrenches Inequality Instead of Reducing it
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Malaysia MADANI Fiscal Policy is the government's economic framework emphasising sustainability, inclusivity, y, and and good good governance. It aims to balance economic growth with social equity, focusing on responsible spending, targeted subsidies, and strategic investments to strengthen national resilience while reducing inequality and fostering long-term prosperity

Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 4 · 2025-08-18
This House would Abolish the Minimum Wage Law
- Labor
- Economics
- Law
- Social Policy
Infoslide

By 2025, most countries have introduced minimum wage laws or frameworks. These can take the form of statutory minimum wages set by national governments or wage levels established through binding collective bargaining agreements between employers and trade unions.

Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 4 · 2025-08-18
This House Believes That Rehabilitation Should Take Priority Over Punishment In Prisons
Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 2 · 2025-08-18
This House Would Let Dying Languages Go Extinct Rather Than Forcefully Preserving Them
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Dying languages lose native speakers, eroding cultural identity and knowledge, while preservation efforts struggle against global linguistic dominance.

Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 3 · 2025-08-18
This House would, as Sarawak, recognise Bahasa Sarawak as an Official State Language.
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An official state language is the legally recognised language used by a country or state for government, legislation, and public communication, symbolising national identity, unity, and cultural representation in official affairs. The current Sarawak State languages are Bahasa Malaysia and English.

Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 5 · 2025-08-18
This House Regrets The Populisation Of Online Learning
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Online learning refers to education delivered through digital platforms, allowing students to access courses and materials remotely. Over the past decade, it has grown rapidly due to advances in technology, increased internet access, and flexibility for learners. The COVID- 19 pandemic further accelerated adoption, making online education a mainstream option worldwide, with millions of learners engaging in virtual classrooms and hybrid models.

Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 3 · 2025-08-18
This house, as Malaysia, would heavily invest in traditional sports over global sports
- Sports
- Culture
- Asia
- Social Policy
Infoslide

Traditional sports in Malaysia, such as diabolo spinning, sepak takraw, and silat, hold deep cultural significance amongst their respective communities. These sports have seen a decline in popularity in recent years in favour of more global sports such as badminton, squash, and cycling.

Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 6 · 2025-08-18
This house believes that the Philippines should extend its anti-discrimination laws to include political affiliations as a protected attribute
- Law
- Democracy
- Asia
- Social Policy
- Human Rights
Kasiyana Open 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-08-16
This House Believes That universities should heavily prioritise subject-related expertise (eg. academic results, Olympiads, internships) over holistic factors (eg. leadership, sports) in admissions decisions.
- Social Policy
- Education/Academia
Tuesday Academy Debate Open · Round 1 · 2025-08-16
This house believes that it is in the interest of the Filipino Middle Class to withdraw from state-run insurance and social programs e.g. PhilHealth, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG Fund, and Social Security System (SSS)
- Social Policy
- Healthcare
- Economics
- Labor
- Asia
Kasiyana Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-16
This house supports the "Bad Man" approach in policy making
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<div><font color="#000138" face="gg sans, Noto Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The term "bad man" in legal theory refers to a hypothetical individual who is solely concerned with the practical consequences of legal rules, particularly the potential for punishment, rather than with moral or ethical considerations. This "bad man" is interested in predicting how the law will be applied to their actions, focusing on the material consequences like fines or imprisonment, rather than on whether those actions are morally right or wrong. </font></div><div><br></div>

Orgullo Intervarsity 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-08-16
This House would assign all prospective candidates to public universities through a degree assignment algorithm
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A degree assignment algorithm takes a combination of input data from a student, including their academic performance, extra curricular activities, an aptitude test (skills strengths and weaknesses) and personality test to recommend a university degree programme most suited for a candidate. For purposes of this debate, it can be assumed that this algorithm is reasonably accurate and its decision is binding

BRAC Genders 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-15
This House would legalise paper abortions in countries where abortions are legal
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A "paper abortion" is a proposed legal concept whereby a man can formally renounce all parental rights and responsibilities, including financial obligations such as child support, before the birth of a child. For purposes of this debate, paper abortions must be signed within the period of time when abortion is legal.

BRAC Genders 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-15
This house believes that sex-work-based online platforms* bring more harm than good
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For the purposes of this debate, sex-work based online platforms involve independent content creators sharing intimate & explicit content as well as building relationships with customers. Examples of platforms include OnlyFans, JustForFans, etc...

St Andrews pre-EUDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-13