Australs 2009 Motions

Round 1: Education
That extra fees or donations above the actual cost of education should
not be used to gain admission into university.
That talented students should be taught separately from their peers.
That indigenous people should have free and unqualified access to
university

Round 2: Global Financial Crisis
That Governments should bail out homeowners directly.
That trade unions should have their power restricted during times of
economic crisis.
That Governments should obtain a majority stake in companies that they
bail out.

Round 3: Sexuality
That the gay rights movement should not support the institution of
marriage.
That we should recognise the right of religious groups to discriminate
on the basis of sexual orientation.
That sexual education classes at school should include, but not be
limited to: sexual orientation, anal sex, mutual gratification and
masturbation.

Round 4: The Environment
That population control should be part of any global approach to tackle
climate change.
That protection of the environment should be considered a mitigating
factor when sentencing eco-terrorists.
That the developed world should not sell contaminated material to the
developing world for processing.

Round 5: Borders
That soliders who have fought for foreign countries should be granted
citizenship within the country that they fought for.
That this house would open all borders.
That the US should grant citizenship to all Guantanamo detainees
regardless of guilt.

Round 6: Latin America
That the United States should stop funding the Columbian Government.
That Latin American countries should take action against countries whose
leaders took power through military coups.
That the United States should stop buying Hugo Chavez's oil.

Round 7: Law
That single parents in prison should be provided special treatment to
allow them to raise their young children from behind bars.
That parliamentarians should receive no compensation beyond their base
salary.
That employees of the United States Government who authorised or carried
out "enhanced interrogation techniques" during the Bush administration
should be prosecuted.

Round 8: The "STOP" round
That we should ban celebrities from participating in political
campaigns.
That we should ban mail-order brides.
That we should ban the use and development of all unmanned offensive
military weaponry.

Quarter Finals
That businesses should refuse to comply with China's internet
restrictions.
That the hiring and firing by employers should not be influenced by
information found on social networking sites.
That the Government should subsidise print journalism.

Grand Final
That Palestine should accept demilitarisation in return for a guaranteed
sovereign state.
That we should grant the Roma (Gypsies) a sovereign state.
That we should divide Sudan.