Australs 2008 Motions

Australs 2008 Motions

Round 1: That the UN should hire mercenaries for military operations
That African states should recognise Tsvangirai as the rightful leader of Zimbabwe
That we should respect China's right to prosecute foreign athletes who protest at the Beijing Olympics

Round 2:
That we would ban groups that glorify obesity
That goverments should not take any action to dicourage individuals from smoking
That problem gamblers should have their welfare payments suspended

Round 3:
That we should end the US innvolvement in Southern Mindanao
That we have had enough People Power revolutions
That the Phillipines should adopt Chavez-style land reforms

Round 4:
That corporate regulators should have veto power over executive bonuses
That we would protect nationally important companies from government owenership by foregin government entities
That the WTO should abandon consensus voting as the basis of its decision making.

Ruond 5:
That areas of high ecological value should be returned to indigenous peoples for management
That individuals should be given carbon quotas
That there hsould be an international ban on the use of arable land to grow crops for bio-fuels

Round 6:
That we would allow mnors to have sex change operations
That wewould create separate units for gays in the military
That governements should ban groups that seek to 'straighten out' gay people

Round 7:
That all state funded projects should be open source
That genetic research that attributes negative traits to prticular races should not be published
That nations should be able to charge licensing fees for the use of genetic information from their native plants and animals.

Round 8:
That the West should cease pressuring transitiioning democracies to hold elections
That candidates should be disallowed from using their own money to finance their campaigns
That we would abolish political parties


Motions for quarters were:
That we should vote for Barack Obama on the basis of his race
That low income ethnic neighbourhoods should be protected from gentrification
That Latinos should have the right to be taught in Spanish

OCTOS

1.That hymen reconstruction surgeries should be banned
2.That IVF clinic should be stopped from implanting embryos known to have disabilities
3. That all restrictions on the advertising of prescription drugs should be removed


Semis

Motions:
1. That we should abolish the crime of statutory rape
2. That we should ban police officers from posing as children on the internet to catch paedophiles
3. That capital punishment should be allowed in cases of child rape.



Finals;

That we should restrict gun ownership to law enforcement agencies

UT MARA Australs 2007 Motions

UT MARA Australs 2007 Motions

ROUND 1: DEMOCRACY
1. That presidential democracies should change to parliamentary democracies
2. That the media should be required to cap political advertising by
candidates and parties during elections
3. That Tonga should abandon its absolute monarchy

ROUND 2: BIOETHICS
1. That the West should not recognize clinical trials conducted in the Third
World
2. That governments should abolish patent protection and instead establish a
fund that guarantees payments for the development of new medicines for Third
World diseases
3. That we should have a moratorium on genetically modified foods until they
are proven to be safe

ROUND 3: MALAYSIA … TRULY ASIA
1. That segregating universities on the basis of ethnicity should be
abolished
2. That all Malaysians should come under the same civil code
3. That Malaysia should abolish compulsory national service

ROUND 4: The Dismal Science
1. That governments in the Third World should reclaim ownership of basic
services
2. That the WTO should enforce fair trade instead of free trade
3. That growth in happiness, not growth in GDP, should be the measure of
success in developed countries

ROUND 5: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
1. That new citizens should be required to pass a language and values test
2. That we should strive to prevent endangered languages from becoming
extinct
3. That the membership of the United Nations Security Council should
represent the world's major 'civilizations'

ROUND 6: SECURITY IN ASIA PACIFIC
1. That we should lift trade sanctions on North Korea as soon as it shuts
and seals its nuclear facilities.
2. That Sri Lanka should grant the Tamils statehood.
3. That Australia should recruit soldiers from Pacific Island States


ROUND 7: THE NANNY STATE
1. That democratic states should adopt Singapore's law regarding oral sex
2. That the state should compel the parents of obese children to sponsor a
child in the Third World
3. That 'emo' youths should be placed in state care

ROUND 7: THE GREATEST MARKET FAILURE IN HISTORY
1. That we should use biofuels as the solution to 'peak oil'
2. That the developed world should institute a policy of zero population
growth
3. That we should abandon the Kyoto Protocol in favour of the Asia-Pacific
Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6)


ROUND 8: MIDDLE EAST
1. The West Bank should become a part of Jordan
2. That the West should overtly support pro-democracy movements in Middle
Eastern states
3. That only 'soft power' can achieve America's goal of democratisation in
the Middle East

OCTO FINALS: LABOUR
1. That host countries of guest workers should pay a tax to the country of
origin
2. That the Members-States should grant free movement of labour in EU
3. That South America should cease coca eradication programs

ESL Semi-Final: HEALTH AND EDUCATION
1. That the United States should establish a system of universal health care
2. That religious schools should be forced to teach comprehensive sex
education
3. That Southeast Asian Governments should provide condoms in prisons

WOMEN'S DEBATE
1. That the election of Hillary Clinton would be good for women

QUARTER FINALS: WHATS COLD IS HOT AGAIN
1. That we should suspend Russia's G8 membership pending democratic reforms
2. That NATO should support the unilateral declaration of Kosovo's
independence
3. That the US should accept Putin's request to modify its plans for missile
defense

SEMI FINAL: SIZE DOES MATTER
1. That male circumcision should be banned
2. That we should decriminalize prostitution in Southeast Asia
3. That cock fighting should be banned

ESL FINAL: GENDER
1. That we should legalise abortion in Southeast Asia
2. That there should be gender quotas for Executive positions in Fortune 500
companies
3. That doctors should be required to report suspected cases of domestic
violence

Grand Final: Mental Health
1. That governments should pay for treatments that seek to 'normalise'
autism

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.