World Masters:
That we should club baby seals.
That women should apply lipstick.
World Debates:
That this house believes that election campaigns should be fully financed by the
state.
That this house demands work for welfare.
That this house would alter its genetic code.
That this house would put worker's rights before trade rights.
That this house would have lots of sex.
That this house would ignore the war in Chechnya.
That this house believes religious doctrines are more important than women's
rights.
That this house likes its environmentalists radical.
That this house would put corporate profits before individual privacy.
That Asia should take the liberal path. (Octo-finals)
That this house would shut down Macdonalds. (Quarter-finals)
That Marx would have approved of the Internet. (Grand-Finals)
Motions
Commentary
Round 1: International Politics
That the theatre missile defense system is a step backwards.
That the UN definition of a refugee should include economic persecution.
That China should take on the U.S.
Round 2: Citizenry
That this house would rather be free citizens than loyal subjects.
That we support death for drug trafficking.
That the sun has set on the Commonwealth.
Round 3: Entertainment
That this house would close all zoos.
That this house would support beauty pageants.
That the Survivor series should not survive.
Round 4: Sports
That sports should not change their rules to suit television.
That players should govern their own Lords.
That we should fence Lords.
Round 5: Singapore
That governments that govern least govern best.
That this house would support "gifted student" programmes in primary schools.
That the government needs a TV station.
Round 6: Economics
That we'll all be better off in Australasia.
That we support a national lottery.
That this house would separate elected representatives from personal corporate
investments.
Grand-Finals
That we should forgive and forget the killing fields.
That the Olympics Dream is dead.
That Television is the new Moral Guardian.
That Elian should go home.
That this house believes that Cupid should be shot.
That this house believes that if Santa Claus can do it, so can we.
That this house believes that ghosts are a plague to the living.
That women in politics do not have a real chance.
That sex tourism is a legitimate industry.
That migrant labour should be stopped.
That child labour is justifiable.
That we should not upset the applecart.
The notion of Asian Values is a poor excuse.
That daughters should lock up their mothers.
That sustainable development is an oxymoron.
That gender is a state of mind.
That Switzerland should pay.
That tobacco companies should not be made to take the rap.
Beam me up, Scotty.
That bans and limitations are idiot responses.
That we should make first contact.
That we shouldn't trust men with a centre parting.
That deep blue has put us in deep shit.
That the Internet does not interlink.
That thou shalt not done.
That the state should legalise assisted suicide.
That we are no longer capable of moral indignation.
That Pauline Hanson should be given equal time.
That the human rights issue is but a song and dance.
