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1 | List of Past ISDA Topics | Notes from the Chief Adjudicator: - Filter topics by clicking the drop-down boxes - 2016 and 2017 seasons have not yet been added - Topic areas may change and are not indicative of future topic areas of ISDA - Primary = Year 5 and 6; Junior = Year 7 and 8; Intermediate = Year 9 and 10; Senior = Year 11 and 12 | ||
2 | Topic Area | Age Bracket | Topic | Year |
3 | Economics | Intermediate | That we should allow emergency workers to strike | 2018 |
4 | Economics | Intermediate | That we should allow businesses to fire employees on the basis of personal (legal) online behaviour (e.g. personal Facebook posts) | 2018 |
5 | Education | Intermediate | That from Year 10 onwards, the education system should be divided into an academic stream and a vocational stream e.g. hairdressing, plumbing | 2020 |
6 | Education | Intermediate | That parents should financially reward their children for improving personal school results | 2019 |
7 | Education | Intermediate | That all university students receiving professional degrees (e.g. medicine, law, veterinary studies) should be required to work in a rural area for 2 years after graduation | 2018 |
8 | Education | Intermediate | That all Intermediate, 11, and 12 students should be required to have a part time job | 2018 |
9 | Education | Intermediate | That access to public schools should be means tested based on parents' income | 2018 |
10 | Education | Intermediate | That schools should be allowed to drug test students | 2018 |
11 | Education | Intermediate | That we should abolish the ATAR and all other student rankings | 2018 |
12 | Education | Intermediate | That we should have performance pay for teachers | 2015 |
13 | Education | Intermediate | That we should close down underperforming schools | 2015 |
14 | Education | Intermediate | That we should not separate students into classes on the basis of ability | 2014 |
15 | Education | Intermediate | That schools should be allowed to test children for illegal drugs | 2013 |
16 | Education | Intermediate | That community service should be compulsory for the School Certificate | 2011 |
17 | Education | Intermediate | That school should start later to take into account adolescent sleeping patterns | 2011 |
18 | Education | Intermediate | That the government should not publish school league tables | 2011 |
19 | Education | Intermediate | That NAPLAN results should not be published. | 2010 |
20 | Environment | Intermediate | That we should ban people from building new properties in areas with high risk of natural disasters | 2020 |
21 | Environment | Intermediate | That decisions, including spending, during natural disasters/emergencies should be entirely controlled by emergency services rather than politicians | 2020 |
22 | Environment | Intermediate | That we should fine families who have a high environmental footprint (eg. use non electric cars, use lots of electricty/water, etc) | 2019 |
23 | Environment | Intermediate | That we should allow communities to veto resource extraction projects in their local area | 2018 |
24 | Environment | Intermediate | That Australia should adopt nuclear power | 2018 |
25 | Environment | Intermediate | That we should have an extra tax on mining companies | 2015 |
26 | Environment | Intermediate | That we should ban mining projects near the Great Barrier Reef | 2014 |
27 | Environment | Intermediate | That the price of water should be increased | 2012 |
28 | Environment | Intermediate | That we should allow mining in Antarctica | 2012 |
29 | Environment | Intermediate | That Australia should introduce a carbon tax. | 2011 |
30 | Environment | Intermediate | That nuclear energy is the future of electricity generation in Australia | 2011 |
31 | Environment | Intermediate | That the government should establish a natural disaster fund | 2011 |
32 | Environment | Intermediate | That we should make corporations responsible for the disposal of their products | 2011 |
33 | Gender | Intermediate | That we should ban movies without major female characters | 2019 |
34 | Gender | Intermediate | That we should ban the advertising of makeup and beauty products | 2018 |
35 | Gender | Intermediate | That women should pay lower rates of tax than men | 2015 |
36 | Gender | Intermediate | That feminists should publicly condemn female public figures who return to abusive partners | 2014 |
37 | Gender | Intermediate | That parents should not be allowed to choose the gender or race of an adoptive child | 2013 |
38 | Gender | Intermediate | That air brushing in fashion magazines should be banned. | 2010 |
39 | Gender | Intermediate | That we should offer tax cuts for companies with female executives. | 2010 |
40 | Health | Intermediate | That terminally ill patients should be allowed to trial experimental treatments before they have been approved by medical authorities | 2020 |
41 | Health | Intermediate | That employees should be entitled to 5 mental health days per year in addition to existing sick leave and annual leave allowances. | 2020 |
42 | Government and Society | Intermediate | That children should be forced to support their parents in their old age. | 2013 |
43 | Government and Society | Intermediate | That we should use mandatory offshore detention to deter people smuggling | 2012 |
44 | Government and Society | Intermediate | That cigarettes should be made illegal. | 2010 |
45 | Government and Society | Intermediate | That we should have a national "Sorry Day". | 2010 |
46 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should legalise the torture of terrorists to obtain national security intelligence | 2015 |
47 | International Relations | Intermediate | That the government should actively intervene to save Australians sentenced to death overseas | 2015 |
48 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should ban out-sourcing of clinical testing on humans to the developing world | 2018 |
49 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should tie development aid to the women’s rights record of recipient countries | 2018 |
50 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Australia should not assist police in countries that have the death penalty for drug related offences | 2014 |
51 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should only give development aid to democracies | 2013 |
52 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should only give development aid to democracies. | 2013 |
53 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Australia should not cut its defence budget to achieve a return to surplus | 2012 |
54 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Australian tourists should not travel to countries which abuse the human rights of their citizens | 2012 |
55 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Australian tourists should not travel to countries which abuse the human rights of their citizens. | 2012 |
56 | International Relations | Intermediate | That developed countries should not accept skilled migrants from developing nations | 2012 |
57 | International Relations | Intermediate | That developed countries should not accept skilled migrants from developing nations. | 2012 |
58 | International Relations | Intermediate | That poverty should be sufficient grounds for asylum | 2012 |
59 | International Relations | Intermediate | That there should be no veto power in the UN Security Council | 2012 |
60 | International Relations | Intermediate | That there should be no veto power in the UN Security Council. | 2012 |
61 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should form a political union with other South East Asian nations | 2012 |
62 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should form a political union with other South East Asian nations. | 2012 |
63 | International Relations | Intermediate | That aid should be tied to human rights targets | 2011 |
64 | International Relations | Intermediate | That all asylum seekers applying to Australia should be processed in Australia. | 2011 |
65 | International Relations | Intermediate | That it is sometimes justified to limit civil liberties | 2011 |
66 | International Relations | Intermediate | That it is sometimes justified to limit civil liberties. | 2011 |
67 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should give dictators immunity in exchange for their resignation | 2011 |
68 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should not send asylum seekers to other countries for processing | 2011 |
69 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should not send asylum seekers to other countries for processing. | 2011 |
70 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Australia should act unilaterally on climate change. | 2010 |
71 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Australia should act unilaterally on climate change. | 2010 |
72 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Australia should stop following the lead of the US | 2010 |
73 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Australia should stop following the lead of the US. | 2010 |
74 | International Relations | Intermediate | That the Australian Government should increase its foreign aid. | 2010 |
75 | International Relations | Intermediate | That the Australian government should increase its foreign aid. | 2010 |
76 | International Relations | Intermediate | That the US should destroy its nuclear arsenal. | 2010 |
77 | International Relations | Intermediate | That the US should destroy its nuclear arsenal. | 2010 |
78 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we need to do more for asylum seekers. | 2009 |
79 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should leave Iraq. | 2009 |
80 | International Relations | Intermediate | That we should no pay ransoms to pirates. | 2009 |
81 | International Relations | Intermediate | That Indonesia should not use the death penalty on Australian citizens. | 2008 |
82 | International Relations | Intermediate | That the export of live animals should be banned. | 2008 |
83 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That all police officers should be forced to work in a prison before becoming a police officer | 2019 |
84 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That we should allow prisoners to volunteer for drug trials in exchange for a lighter sentence | 2015 |
85 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That the government should be obliged to provide jobs to unemployed ex-prisoners | 2015 |
86 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That we should privatise prisons | 2015 |
87 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That we should give automatic reductions to prison sentences received by disadvantaged minority groups | 2015 |
88 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That we should hold CEOs criminally responsible for environmental damage caused by their companies | 2015 |
89 | Law & Order | Intermediate | This we should, with the consent of victims, allow first-time offenders to pay compensation to the victims in place of a prison sentence | 2014 |
90 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That crimes committed by police officers should be punished more severely than if they were committed by persons other than police officers | 2013 |
91 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That criminals should not receive lighter punishments in exchange for early guilty pleas | 2013 |
92 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That we should abolish trial by jury | 2013 |
93 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That we should offer amnesties to gang members who testify against other gang members | 2013 |
94 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That non-violent offenders should never be sent to prison | 2012 |
95 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That Australia should have a bill of rights | 2011 |
96 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That criminals should not be permitted to publish accounts of their crimes. | 2011 |
97 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That jury trials should be abolished | 2011 |
98 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That convicted criminals should pay compensation to their victims | 2010 |
99 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That we should ban TV programmes that glorify crime | 2010 |
100 | Law & Order | Intermediate | That we should decriminalise recreational drugs. | 2010 |