1 | 3 Teams in debate: Melbourne A (OG) UTS A (OO) USAFA A (CG) NYUAD A (CO) | 2 | | | Gavin IllsleyⒸ , Jeel Gandhi , Marlin Bates , Uzair Mahmood Ghumman | THBT the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of Islamic study) throughout the Islamic world | |
2 | 2 Teams in debate: IUB A (OG) ULU A (OO) UTS A (CG) II A (CO) | 3 | | | Nick ChungⒸ , Avinash Dash , Emma Johnstone | THW allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation to them in place of a prison sentence | |
3 | 2 Teams in debate: UTS A (OG) Linkopings A (OO) Erasmus A (CG) Sydney C (CO) | 4 | | | Greg FarquharⒸ , Aaqib Farhan Hossain , Hazem Talha , Jeremy Rubel | TH regrets the rise of a 'hookup culture' (one which accepts and encourages casual sexual encounters focused on physical pleasure, without necessarily including emotional bonding) | |
4 | 4 Teams in debate: BUP A (OG) George Fox B (OO) LMU Munich A (CG) UTS A (CO) | 7 | | | Michael ShapiraⒸ , Jared Fries , Marc Fryer , Peter Kipp | THBT developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for elected office | |
5 | 1 Teams in debate: Gadjah Mada A (OG) La Verne A (OO) UTS A (CG) Alaska A (CO) | 7 | | | Jonathan KayⒸ , Chirag Shetty , Hirohito Asai , Mìchael Brunner | THBT the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the interests of the small and medium-sized negotiating countries | |
6 | 4 Teams in debate: TEC Mexico A (OG) PEP A (OO) ONU A (CG) UTS A (CO) | 10 | | | Sella NevoⒸ , Gillian Michaelson , Julien Angel , Varun Bhave | THW make the receipt of welfare payments to raise children conditional on the use of long-term, but reversible, contraception | |
7 | 3 Teams in debate: UTS A (OG) Korea A (OO) TCDHS B (CG) Princeton A (CO) | 12 | | | Rosie UnwinⒸ , Bryan Gunawan , Molly Dale , Samuel James Molloy | THBT government agencies that regulate drugs should only test whether a drug is safe, not whether it is effective, before approving it for public use [info slide: http://goo.gl/gomgDI] | |
8 | 2 Teams in debate: Sydney C (OG) UTS A (OO) New South Wales A (CG) Boston A (CO) | 13 | | | Udayan MukherjeeⒸ , April Broadbent , Gearoid Wrixon , Taahir Munshi | THBT NATO should unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former Soviet Union, excluding Russia | |
9 | 1 Teams in debate: UTS A (OG) ULU A (OO) Witwatersrand A (CG) Kyoto B (CO) | 13 | | | Paul SmithⒸ , Kimera Chetty , Liam Tomlinson | TH regrets the commodification of indigenous cultures | |