Monash Association of Debaters
- Monash Association of Debaters
The Monash Association of Debaters is a debating society at Monash University, Australia. It is Australia's most successful debating society, and one of the world's strongest debating organisations. It is the only university to have ever won consecutive World Championships, and it has been a grand finalist in 10 of the last 14 Australasian debating championships. [ [http://www.monashdebaters.com/history/iv_success.html MAD - The Monash Association of Debaters - We're MAD ] ] It is currently ranked 4th in the World Universities Debating Ranking. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Universities_Debating_Championship#World_Universities_Debating_Ranking]
Past office bearers of the Association include the current Treasurer of Victoria John Lenders MP and President of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labour Party Bill Shorten MP. [ [http://www.monashdebaters.com/history/past_execs.html MAD - The Monash Association of Debaters - We're MAD ] ]
History
The Monash Association of Debaters was founded in 1961, at the same time that Monash began teaching its first students. It quickly grew to become one of Australia's largest debating organisations, and now has over 300 members.
Monash Debating Review
The Association produces the world's only academic journal on debating, the "Monash Debating Review". [ [http://www.monashdebaters.com/mdr/ MDR - The Monash Debating Review - The world's only debating journal ] ] [ [http://www.monashaustrals.com/home.html Monash Australs 2008 - A Revolution in Australasian Debating ] ] It is an annual, scholarly publication which was founded in 2002. Since its commencement, more than 1500 copies of the journal have been distributed worldwide. It is an English-language journal, but has contributions from a wide range of countries, such as Russia and the Philippines. 2008 will see the 6th edition of the Review.
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