Here are the results of the Australian British Parliamentary Debating Championships held at Sydney University. The tournament consisted of 7 rounds before breaking to semi-finals.
Winning Team: Amit Golder (Monash) and Steve Hind (Sydney)
Best Speaker: Tim Mooney (Sydney) with 583 speaker points.
Grand Finalists:
Tim Mooney & Julia Fetherston (Sydney) - Breaking top of tab on 17 points and 1163 speaks
Seamus Coleman & Phil Barker (Melbourne)
Tom Robertson & Giselle Kenny (Sydney)
Breaking Teams:
Jack Wright (Sydney) & Charlie Ashton (Queensland)
Lauren Humphrey & Alice Heathcote (Queensland)
Dominic Thurbon & Emily Heath (Sydney)
Steph Paton & Naomi Hart (Sydney)
Motions
Round One – Religion (Ireland I):
That this house would compel priests to divulge the details of confessionals in criminal trials.
Round Two – Economics:
That this house supports bailing out failing financial icons
Round Three – International Relations:
That this house believes that Iraq has the right to freely prosecute all foreign soldiers for serious crimes committed in their nation.
Round Four – Health
That this house believes that governments should provide a rebate for preventative health care measures.
Round Five – EU (or Ireland II):
That this house believes that EU member states should allow for domestic referendums on all constitutional changes to the EU.
Round Six – Social Policy
That this house would grant the mentally ill and their families the right to refuse medical treatment.
Round Seven – International Relations (II):
That this house believes the West should force South Africa to oust Mugabe.
Semi Final: That this house would allow Bosnia to break up
Grand Final: That this house would allow potential parents to pay women to carry unwanted children to term.
The standard of these minis in recent years of finals has gotten to the point it's usually no more than a small step down from what you'd expect at a Worlds final.
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