Motions

Grand Final

  • This House, as the single person, would use the wishing charm on their childhood crush.
  • Semifinals

  • THBT states should prioritise high employment rates at the expense of significantly slowing down technological advancement (e.g. taxing automation, setting a minimum quota for human employees, or banning/limiting use of certain technologies)
  • Round 5

  • This House supports athletes using international sporting events (Formula 1, the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, etc.) as platforms to protest and raise political stances.
  • Round 4

  • This house prefers a world in which religions do not emphasize self-deprivation (e.g. ritual fasting, asceticism, voluntary poverty)
  • Round 3

  • This house believes that states should make developmental aid contingent on the human rights record of the recipient country.
  • Round 2

  • This house believes that schools should heavily emphasise the flaws of historical heroes (e.g. Winston Churchill, Gandhi)
  • Round 1

  • This house regrets the overwhelming narrative of good triumphing over evil in children’s entertainment