💭 Motion Statistics
Round 1

THW abolish all vernacular schools in Malaysia (Education)

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7%
2 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
26%
13%
14 Gov vetoes 7 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level

In areas of chronically low academic attainment, THBT the general approach of educational charities should be to focus resources on maximising the potential of exceptional students, over helping the lowest achieving (Education)

11%
33%
3 Gov wins 9 Opp wins
imbalanced at 10% level
7%
11%
4 Gov vetoes 6 Opp vetoes
probably balanced

THR the societal expectation of going to university (Education)

26%
19%
7 Gov wins 5 Opp wins
probably balanced
9%
20%
5 Gov vetoes 11 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level
Round 2

THBT female politicians should not use traditional gender roles attributed to women in election campaigns (e.g. not portraying oneself as a good mother, wife, housewife, etc.) (Feminism)

15%
19%
4 Gov wins 5 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
13%
19%
7 Gov vetoes 10 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level

THBT feminists should criticize attempts to conform to beauty standards by women (i.e. wearing makeup, dieting, etc.) (Feminism)

15%
19%
4 Gov wins 5 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
20%
11%
11 Gov vetoes 6 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level

THBT women from privileged backgrounds should turn down any benefits arising from affirmative action programs (Feminism)

22%
11%
6 Gov wins 3 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
11%
15%
6 Gov vetoes 8 Opp vetoes
probably balanced
Round 3

This House, in developing economies, prefers market-oriented economic policy to state-controlled economic policy (Economics)

30%
33%
8 Gov wins 9 Opp wins
probably balanced
6%
2 Gov vetoes 3 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THS the use of economic warfare tactics (tariffs, targeted sanctions etc.) in order to force compliance with rules of the global neoliberal economic order (opening up of national markets, protecting intellectual property, not engaging in currency manipulation etc.) (Economics)

11%
26%
3 Gov wins 7 Opp wins
imbalanced at 50% level
9%
5 Gov vetoes 1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive
Round 4

This house regrets the rise of casual romance (Relationships)

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35%
42%
9 Gov wins 11 Opp wins
probably balanced
10%
0 Gov vetoes 5 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THBT it is preferable to be single than pursuing a long-term monogamous relationship (Relationships)

8%
8%
2 Gov wins 2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
27%
6%
14 Gov vetoes 3 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 1% level

This house prefers a world in which the intensity of every single pain and heartbreak caused by a romantic relationship is 'breakeven or equal between individuals involved in the relationship' (Relationships)

8%
2 Gov wins 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
19%
31%
10 Gov vetoes 16 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level
Quarterfinals

This house believes that in post-conflict societies, the national government should actively attempt to recruit militias and insurgency groups into the national military over attempting to quash them (Politics)

50%
50%
2 Gov wins 2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Semifinals

This House predicts that a Third World War will break out before 2050 (2050)

50%
0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
25%
1 Gov veto 0 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THR The Presence of AUKUS in the South China Sea (AUKUS)

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50%
1 Gov win 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Grand Final

THP religious teachings, according to which people are born good, as opposed to being born evil (Religious Teachings)

100%
0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Novice Semifinals

THBT progressive movements should avoid positively framing the political assassination of controversial figures (Politics)

100%
2 Gov wins 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Novice Finals

THR the focus on pessimism in climate change messaging (Focus)

100%
0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion