Southern Schools 2020 Grade Nine 11 March 2020 - 24 September 2020

Only division [ladder]

Round 1

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
11 March 2020 7:20 PM MacKillop Catholic College S2020D9001 Dominic College 1 BYE BYE
11 March 2020 7:20 PM MacKillop Catholic College S2020D9002 The Friends' School 2 Taroona High School 3 That there should be a tax on sugary drinks
11 March 2020 7:20 PM MacKillop Catholic College S2020D9003 Mount Carmel College 1 Independent Team 1 That there should be a tax on sugary drinks
11 March 2020 7:20 PM MacKillop Catholic College S2020D9004 Clarence High School 1 Ogilvie High School 2 That there should be a tax on sugary drinks
11 March 2020 7:20 PM MacKillop Catholic College S2020D9005 New Town High School 1 St Michael's Collegiate 1 That there should be a tax on sugary drinks
11 March 2020 7:20 PM MacKillop Catholic College S2020D9008 The Friends' School 1 Taroona High School 1 That there should be a tax on sugary drinks
9 September 2020 5:30 PM Ogilvie High School S2020D9006 St Aloysius Catholic College 1 Ogilvie High School 1 That there should be a tax on sugary drinks

Round 2

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
29 July 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9009 BYE The Friends' School 1 BYE
29 July 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9010 Ogilvie High School 2 Dominic College 1 That Tasmanian students should learn palawa kani
29 July 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9011 St Aloysius Catholic College 1 The Friends' School 2 That Tasmanian Aboriginal history should not be taught in primary schools
29 July 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9012 Independent Team 1 Mount Carmel College 1 Advised subject: First Nations people: learning about First Nations history
29 July 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9013 St Michael's Collegiate 1 Clarence High School 1 That Australian students should learn about the Frontier Wars instead of the World Wars
29 July 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9014 Ogilvie High School 1 New Town High School 1 Advised subject: First Nations people: learning about First Nations history

Round 3

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
12 August 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9018 The Friends' School 1 Independent Team 1 That animal testing should be banned
12 August 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9019 Dominic College 1 St Aloysius Catholic College 1 Advised subject: Ethics and philosophy: ethics and philosophy in science
12 August 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9020 The Friends' School 2 Ogilvie High School 2 That science is just another religion
12 August 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9021 New Town High School 1 St Michael's Collegiate 1 That animal testing should be banned
12 August 2020 7:20 PM St Michael's Collegiate S2020D9022 Clarence High School 1 Ogilvie High School 1 That creationism should be taught in science classes

Round 4

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
26 August 2020 6:30 PM New Town High School S2020D9026 Independent Team 1 Clarence High School 1 That we should abolish standardised testing
26 August 2020 6:30 PM New Town High School S2020D9027 New Town High School 1 The Friends' School 1 That we should abolish standardised testing
26 August 2020 6:30 PM New Town High School S2020D9028 Ogilvie High School 1 Dominic College 1 That we should abolish standardised testing
26 August 2020 6:30 PM New Town High School S2020D9029 St Michael's Collegiate 1 The Friends' School 2 That we should abolish standardised testing
26 August 2020 6:30 PM New Town High School S2020D9030 Ogilvie High School 2 St Aloysius Catholic College 1 That we should abolish standardised testing

Finals division

Semi finals

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
16 September 2020 8:50 PM The Friends' School (Argyle Street Campus) S2020D9SF1 Ogilvie High School 1 Independent Team 1 That democracy is no longer the best form of government
16 September 2020 8:50 PM The Friends' School (Argyle Street Campus) S2020D9SF2 The Friends' School 2 The Friends' School 1 That democracy is no longer the best form of government

Grand final

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
23 September 2020 6:30 PM New Town High School S2020D9GF1 The Friends' School 1 Independent Team 1 That we should ban all further development of technology designed to replace human labour