2018 Years 9 and 10 final
Filmed 28 November 2018
Join us for the Year 9 and 10 final of the NSW Premier's Debating Challenge live from Parramatta.
2019 Primary Schools Final
Each year ten different regions across NSW select their very best primary school debaters to represent them at these championships which are held over four days in November at Collaroy.
Each team debates five times on a series of unseen topics for which they have only one-hour of unassisted preparation time.
Streamed 6 November 2019
Each year ten different regions across NSW select their very best primary school debaters to represent them at these championships which are held over four days in November at Collaroy.
2019 Years 9 and 10 final
Filmed 11 November 2019
Join us for the Year 9 and 10 final of the NSW Premier's Debating Challenge live from Parramatta.
2019 Years 11 and 12 final
Streamed on 26 July 2019
Join us for the final of the year 11 and 12 NSW Premier's Debating Challenge live from the Great Hall at Sydney University.
2020 Years 9 and 10 Final
This is the final of the Years 9&10 age division of the challenge, which was held over Zoom on Wednesday 9 December 2020. In response to a debating season shortened by COVID-19, this year the 198 teams entered participated in a state-wide modified knockout competition, with teams losing in the first round having the opportunity to join a repechage draw and return to the main knockouts as the eighth quarter-finalist. In the end it was Cammeraygal High School and James Ruse Agricultural High School who reached this state final. The speaking time is 8 minutes (with a warning bell at 6 minutes) and the topic of the debate is “That parents should be able to withdraw their children from sex education classes.” Congratulations to both teams and to everyone who competed in 2020.
Streamed on 9 December 2020
Cammeraygal High School and James Ruse Agricultural High School reached this state final for 2020. The speaking time is 8 minutes (with a warning bell at 6 minutes) and the topic of the debate is “That parents should be able to withdraw their children from sex education classes.”
2020 Year 11 Final
This is the final of the Year 11 age division which was held over Zoom on Thursday 3 December 2020 between Sydney Boys High School and Sydney Girls High School. In response to a debating season shortened by COVID-19 the Year 11 division was opened up to all government schools in NSW, with 54 teams taking part in a state-wide modified knockout competition (teams losing in the first round had the opportunity to join a repechage draw and return to the main knockouts as the fourth semi-finalist). The speaking time is 8 minutes (with a warning bell at 6 minutes) and the topic of the debate is “That the government should impose financial penalties on people who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine.” Congratulations to both teams and to all the students and teachers who took part in 2020.
Streamed 3 December 2020
This is the 2020 final of the Year 11 age division between Sydney Boys High School and Sydney Girls High School. The speaking time is 8 minutes (with a warning bell at 6 minutes) and the topic of the debate is “That the government should impose financial penalties on people who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine.”
