University of Queensland Debating Society - UQDS

10/04/2026

EASTERS WRAP UP POST + PHOTO DUMP PT 1🍍😱

This year we sent 7 teams and 7 judges to Sydney for the annual 3v3 Nationals!
After a whirlwind week, heres the results!

TEAMS ⬇️
UQ Manta Ray (Owen, Dot, Doris) broke 13th progressing all the way to the Semi-finals! ‼️

UQ Orca (Cheryl, Priscilla, Seetha) broke 15th, bowing out in a 2-1 split Octo-final 🦈

UQ Dugong (Yani, A***n, Caelan) was the 2nd reserve break team, finishing on 4/6 wins! 🦭

UQ Clownfish (Laura, Sandy, Rachael) also finished on 4/6 wins, narrowly missing the break on speaks! ✨️

UQ Pufferfish (Alice, Milind, Lily) went into the silent round live, finishing up on 3/6 wins! 💕

UQ Sailfish (Redmond, Oscar, Matilda) & UQ Pom Pom Crab (Lily, Daniel, Abi) finished up on 3/6 wins! 🐠🦀

JUDGES⬇️
Vishaak & Harry broke as judges, judging nearly every final! Vishaak chaired the grand final, Harry panelled! Vishaak was 8th best judge overall 🔥

Our novice judges (Hamish, Yuna, Nia, Samuel & Caroline) finished the tournament either panelling or chairing at their first debating tournaments! ‼️🔥

17/03/2026

Proud to announce our contingent for Sydney Easter’s 2026!! All the best to our teams heading down this Easter break! 🍍

19/02/2026

Trial for Easters! We are sending a 7 team, 6 judge contingent down to Sydney over the Midsemester break (April 6-10). ‼️

Trials are March 7th & 8th (weekend of W2)
Come to launch night on Tuesday 24th for more information! 🍍

🌸 Australian Intervarsity Debating Championships (Easters) 2026 🐇 Fondly known as Easters, the Australian Intervarsity Debating Championships is a development-focused tournament designed to give novice debaters the space to grow their skills, make friends, and become part of the Australian deb...

25/11/2025

The University of Queensland Debating Society is excited to annouce our contignent for the Worlds Universities Debating Championships, being held in Sofia, Bulgaria over the New Year! 🇧🇬🍍

UQ A - Simho Lee (Contingent Captain) & Harry Rae

UQ B - Yani Rutherford & Owen Ventre

UQ C - Tom Nunn-Rutledge & Hoyeon Shim

Our Adjudicators!👩‍⚖️
Vishaak Gangasandra
Matthew Bond
Cara Rowe

Thank you to the UQU for supporting our society in sending our Worlds contingent - we wish them the best of luck! 🇦🇺

31/10/2025

AWGMDC WRAP UP POST 🍍💜

Is this the start of the UQDS’s comeback as a society that wins debating tournaments???

Our UQ Contingent Teams Violet, Lavender and Lilac competed at AWGMDC online (except Jemma and Yani who were sacrificial in person queens at UNSW) on 24th-26th October ✨✨

UQ Violet (Priscilla and Bio) won the ESL Grand Final!! Bio was also the Best Speaker of the Grand Final 💜💜

UQ Lavender (Dot and Laura) broke 11th 🪻🪻

UQ Lilac (Cheryl and Alice) *Siri play We Don’t Talk About Bruno but make it UQ Lilac* 🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️ Due to force majeure UQ Lilac did not participate in the entirety of the competition 🤭🤭

Macey and Lily judged!! 🦄🦄

Jemma and Yani also tab directed in person 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

23/10/2025

Join us before Grand Finals on Tuesday for our last Redroom social of the season— drinks and food on us!

⭐️Tuesday, Week 13
⭐️4:30pm-6pm
⭐️Free drinks and food!