Southern Schools 2025 Grade Eight 5 March 2025 - 30 July 2025

Only division [ladder]

Round 1

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
12 March 2025 6:30 PM Rosny College S2025D8001 Taroona High School 1 The Friends' School 4 That we would prefer a world without artificial intelligence
12 March 2025 6:30 PM Rosny College S2025D8002 Hobart City High School 1 Hobart City High School 2 That we would prefer a world without artificial intelligence
12 March 2025 6:30 PM Rosny College S2025D8003 The Hutchins School 1 The Friends' School 2 That we would prefer a world without artificial intelligence
12 March 2025 6:30 PM Rosny College S2025D8004 The Friends' School 1 St Michael's Collegiate 1 That we would prefer a world without artificial intelligence
12 March 2025 7:20 PM Rosny College S2025D8005 The Hutchins School 2 The Friends' School 3 That we would prefer a world without artificial intelligence
12 March 2025 7:20 PM Rosny College S2025D8006 St Michael's Collegiate 2 Clarence High School 1 That we would prefer a world without artificial intelligence
12 March 2025 7:20 PM Rosny College S2025D8007 Australian Christian College 1 Mount Carmel College 1 That we would prefer a world without artificial intelligence
S2025D8043 BYE Calvin Christian School 1 BYE

Round 2

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
26 March 2025 6:30 PM The Hutchins School S2025D8011 The Friends' School 2 The Hutchins School 2 That voting should be voluntary
26 March 2025 6:30 PM The Hutchins School S2025D8012 St Michael's Collegiate 1 St Michael's Collegiate 2 That the voting age should be lowered
26 March 2025 6:30 PM The Hutchins School S2025D8013 The Friends' School 3 Australian Christian College 1 That the voting age should be lowered
26 March 2025 7:20 PM The Hutchins School S2025D8008 The Friends' School 4 Hobart City High School 1 That the voting age should be lowered
26 March 2025 7:20 PM The Hutchins School S2025D8009 Taroona High School 1 The Hutchins School 1 That the voting age should be lowered
26 March 2025 7:20 PM The Hutchins School S2025D8010 Clarence High School 1 The Friends' School 1 That the voting age should be lowered
26 March 2025 7:20 PM The Hutchins School S2025D8044 Mount Carmel College 1 Calvin Christian School 1 That the voting age should be lowered

Round 3

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
9 April 2025 6:30 PM Clarence High School S2025D8016 The Friends' School 1 Hobart City High School 1 That all jobs should be paid the same
9 April 2025 6:30 PM Clarence High School S2025D8021 Calvin Christian School 1 The Friends' School 3 That all jobs should be paid the same
9 April 2025 7:20 PM Clarence High School S2025D8015 The Hutchins School 1 The Friends' School 4 That all jobs should be paid the same
9 April 2025 7:20 PM Clarence High School S2025D8018 St Michael's Collegiate 2 Taroona High School 1 That all jobs should be paid the same
9 April 2025 7:20 PM Clarence High School S2025D8019 The Friends' School 2 Australian Christian College 1 That all jobs should be paid the same
9 April 2025 7:20 PM Clarence High School S2025D8045 Mount Carmel College 1 Clarence High School 1 That all jobs should be paid the same
30 April 2025 6:30 PM Hobart City High School (Ogilvie Campus) S2025D8017 The Hutchins School 2 St Michael's Collegiate 1 That all jobs should be paid the same

Round 4

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
7 May 2025 6:30 PM Taroona High School S2025D8023 The Hutchins School 1 The Hutchins School 2 That we should ban petrol cars
7 May 2025 6:30 PM Taroona High School S2025D8024 Hobart City High School 1 St Michael's Collegiate 2 That we should all be vegans
7 May 2025 6:30 PM Taroona High School S2025D8028 St Michael's Collegiate 1 Mount Carmel College 1 That we should ban pets which hunt native animals
7 May 2025 7:20 PM Taroona High School S2025D8022 The Friends' School 4 The Friends' School 1 That we should ban petrol cars
7 May 2025 7:20 PM Taroona High School S2025D8025 Taroona High School 1 Australian Christian College 1 That we should all be vegans
7 May 2025 7:20 PM Taroona High School S2025D8027 The Friends' School 2 Calvin Christian School 1 That we should end logging in Tasmania
28 May 2025 7:20 PM Brighton High School S2025D8046 The Friends' School 3 Clarence High School 1 Advised subject: Social change: the environment

Round 5

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
21 May 2025 6:30 PM Elizabeth College S2025D8030 St Michael's Collegiate 2 The Friends' School 1 That we prefer a world in which a perfectly functional truth serum exists
21 May 2025 6:30 PM Elizabeth College S2025D8031 Australian Christian College 1 The Hutchins School 1 That we prefer a world in which a perfectly functional truth serum exists
21 May 2025 6:30 PM Elizabeth College S2025D8035 Clarence High School 1 The Friends' School 2 That we prefer a world in which a perfectly functional truth serum exists
21 May 2025 7:20 PM Elizabeth College S2025D8029 The Hutchins School 2 The Friends' School 4 That we prefer a world in which a perfectly functional truth serum exists
21 May 2025 7:20 PM Elizabeth College S2025D8033 Calvin Christian School 1 Taroona High School 1 That we prefer a world in which a perfectly functional truth serum exists
21 May 2025 7:20 PM Elizabeth College S2025D8034 Mount Carmel College 1 Hobart City High School 1 That we prefer a world in which a perfectly functional truth serum exists
21 May 2025 7:20 PM Elizabeth College S2025D8047 The Friends' School 3 St Michael's Collegiate 1 That we prefer a world in which a perfectly functional truth serum exists

Round 6

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
4 June 2025 6:30 PM Fahan School S2025D8036 The Friends' School 4 St Michael's Collegiate 2 That Brisbane should not host the 2032 Olympic Games
4 June 2025 6:30 PM Fahan School S2025D8039 Calvin Christian School 1 The Hutchins School 1 That Brisbane should not host the 2032 Olympic Games
4 June 2025 6:30 PM Fahan School S2025D8042 The Friends' School 1 Mount Carmel College 1 That Brisbane should not host the 2032 Olympic Games
4 June 2025 7:20 PM Fahan School S2025D8037 Australian Christian College 1 The Hutchins School 2 That Brisbane should not host the 2032 Olympic Games
4 June 2025 7:20 PM Fahan School S2025D8040 Hobart City High School 1 The Friends' School 3 That Brisbane should not host the 2032 Olympic Games
4 June 2025 7:20 PM Fahan School S2025D8041 Clarence High School 1 Taroona High School 1 That Brisbane should not host the 2032 Olympic Games
4 June 2025 7:20 PM Fahan School S2025D8048 St Michael's Collegiate 1 The Friends' School 2 That Brisbane should not host the 2032 Olympic Games

Finals division

Semi finals

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
25 June 2025 7:05 PM Rosny College S2025D8SF1 Taroona High School 1 St Michael's Collegiate 1 That foreign aid does more harm than good
25 June 2025 7:05 PM Rosny College S2025D8SF2 Mount Carmel College 1 The Friends' School 4 That solving domestic problems should be nations' first priority

Grand final

Date Start Venue Debate Affirmative Negative Topic
S2025D8GF1 The Friends' School 4 Taroona High School 1 Topic not available yet