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IQ² Australia debates

2012 series

The 2012 national season of the popular IQ² debates is now unveiled! We are delighted to have AMP as national series supporter. These thought-provoking debates will be held in City Recital Hall Angel Place in Sydney and Melbourne Town Hall and will be recorded for later viewing. The Melbourne debates are a collaboration between St James Ethics Centre and The Wheeler Centre.

Sydney:

• May 29: Same sex marriage should be legalised
• June 26: We've seen the energy future and it's nuclear
• July 31: We have nothing to fear from a powerful China
• August 21: We'd all be better off if farmers could be able to legally say NO to miners
• September 18: There's nothing wrong with designer babies

Melbourne:

• March 20: Animals should be off the menu
• May 8: Freedom of speech is over-rated
• July 4: Foreign aid is a waste of money
• September 25: Western civilisation is in terminal decline
• November 7: A good death is a human right

Check out the challenging series of debates in Sydney and Melbourne!

Past debates:

2011 series

Once available the video for each past debate will be found by following the links below.

• Both major parties are failing the Australian people - Melbourne
• All drugs should be legalised - Sydney
• Public funding of private education is unconscionable - Melbourne
• WikiLeaks is a force for good - Sydney
• If we keep populating we will perish - Sydney
• There is no justification for risking Australian lives in Afghanistan - Melbourne

Earlier series

Learn more about the debates from earlier series - you can also watch videos of each debate.