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2015-07-28 ACU Debating Challenge Cup

28th July, 2015

821 Years 7/8

Debate Eight - That school uniforms are good for us

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
St Patrick's College Team 3 (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
Ballarat Clarendon College 7/8 Team 3 (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

Debate Nine - That voting is a privilege

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ballarat Clarendon College 7/8 Team 4 (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
Phoenix P-12 Community College 7/8A (Negative)	Sebastopol	Victoria		None

Debate Ten - That we should disconnect the internet

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Damascus College Team 3 (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
Phoenix P-12 Community College 7/8 B (Affirmative)	Sebastopol	Victoria		None

Debate Eleven - That professional athletes are paid too much

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Damascus College Team 4 (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
Loreto C (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

Debate Twelve - That we should spend less on commemorating war

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Loreto D (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
St Patrick's College Team 4 (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

Debate Thirteen - That foreign food imports should be discouraged

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
St Patrick's College Team 5 (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
Ballarat High School Year 7 Team 1 (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

820 Years 5/6

Debate One - That Facebook causes too much trouble

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lumen Christi Primary School (Affirmative)	Point Cook	Victoria		1st
Forest Street Primary School Blue (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

Debate Two - That we are losing the skills to engage in face to face conversation

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Forest Street Primary School Red (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
Dana Street Primary School (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

823 Years 11/12

Debate One - That democracy in Australia commenced with the Eureka Stockade rebellion

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ballarat Clarendon College VCE Team 1 (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
Ballarat High School Seniors (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

Debate Two - That terrorism is distorting our values

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ballarat Clarendon College VCE Team 2 (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
St Patrick's College Team 1 (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

Debate Three - That there is still a role for religion in modern society

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Daylesford Secondary College Senior 1 (Negative)	Daylesford	Victoria		1st
St Patrick's College Team 2 (Affirmative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None

Debate Four - That there is still a role for unions today

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Daylesford Secondary College Senior 2 (Affirmative)	Daylesford	Victoria		1st
St Patrick's College Team 3 (Negative)	Ballarat	Victoria		None