Playoff 1
Wednesday, August 22nd 2012
Kilvington Grammar School, Ormond
| C Grade - 6pm | ||
| That all employers should be required to provide paid maternity leave | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Brighton Grammar School 4 | vs. | St Francis Xavier College 1 |
| Bendigo South East College 1 | vs. | The Geelong College 1 |
| Beth Rivkah Ladies College 1 | vs. | Highvale Secondary College 1 |
| Ballarat High School 1 | vs. | Presbyterian Ladies' College 3 |
| MacKillop College 3 | vs. | Glen Waverley Secondary College 2 |
| Rochester Secondary College 1 | vs. | Isik College Eastmeadows 1 |
| Bendigo South East College 2 | vs. | Glenroy College 2 |
| Ballarat & Clarendon College 1 | vs. | Mentone Girls Grammar 2 |
| MacRobertson Girls High School 1 | vs. | Haileybury Girls College 1 |
| A Grade - 7pm | ||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Eltham High School 1 | vs. | St Francis Xavier College 1 |
| Westbourne Grammar School 1 | vs. | St Bede's College 1 |
| Notre Dame College 1 | vs. | St Monica's College 1 |
| Camberwell Grammar School 1 | vs. | Gippsland Grammar School 1 |
| Scotch College 3 | vs. | Viewbank College 1 |
| Leibler Yavneh College 1 | vs. | Camberwell Grammar School 2 |
| Scotch College 1 | vs. | Ivanhoe Grammar School 2 |
| Haileybury Girls College 1 | vs. | Woodleigh School 1 |
| B Grade - 7pm | ||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Frankston High School 1 | vs. | St Leonard's College 1 |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School 3 | vs. | Brighton Grammar School 1 |
| D Grade - 8pm | ||
| That we should drug test welfare recipients | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Gippsland Grammar School 1 | vs. | Academy of Mary Immaculate 1 |
| Haileybury Girls College Brighton 2 | vs. | Brunswick Secondary College 1 |
| Xavier College 2 | vs. | Bendigo South East College 1 |
| St Kevin's College 2 | vs. | St Bede's College 1 |
| St Bernard's College 3 | vs. | Frankston High School 1 |
| Mentone Girls Grammar 1 | vs. | St Kevin's College 6 |
| Haileybury College Brighton 3 | vs. | Emmanuel College (Notre Dame) 4 |
Playoff 2
Wednesday, August 29th 2012
Northcote High School
| C Grade - 6pm | ||
| That we should abolish the minimum wage | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Isik College Eastmeadows 1 | vs. | Bundoora Secondary College 1 |
| St Paul's Anglican Grammar School 1 | vs. | Pascoe Vale Girls' Sec College 1 |
| Northcote High School 1 | vs. | Scotch College 1 |
| John Paul College 1 | vs. | St Kevin's College 2 |
| Mt Waverley Secondary College 1 | vs. | Montmorency Secondary College 1 |
| Mt St Joseph's Girls College 1 | vs. | Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School 3 |
| Presbyterian Ladies' College 3 | vs. | St Kevin's College 1 |
| St Catherine's School 1 | vs. | Koonung Secondary College 1 |
| MacRobertson Girls High School 1 | vs. | Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School 2 |
| Glenroy College 2 | vs. | Our Lady of Sion College 1 |
| Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School 2 | vs. | Westbourne Grammar School 3 |
| St James College 1 | vs. | Melbourne Grammar School 8 |
| Leibler Yavneh College 1 | vs. | Brighton Grammar School 4 |
| The Geelong College 1 | vs. | Mentone Girls Grammar 2 |
| Glen Waverley Secondary College 2 | vs. | Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School 1 |
| Highvale Secondary College 1 | vs. | Brauer College 1 |
| A Grade - 7pm | ||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Avila College 2 | vs. | Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School 1 |
| St Joseph's College Geelong 1 | vs. | Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (McNab) 2 |
| Trinity Grammar School 1 | vs. | Melbourne High School 1 |
| Ballarat & Clarendon College 1 | vs. | Girton Grammar School 2 |
| Mullauna College 1 | vs. | Rosebud Secondary College 1 |
| Brighton Grammar School 1 | vs. | Xavier College 2 |
| Academy of Mary Immaculate 1 | vs. | Avila College 1 |
| Xavier College 1 | vs. | Melbourne High School 4 |
| B Grade - 7pm | ||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak 3 | vs. | Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School 3 |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar School 1 | vs. | Mazenod College 2 |
| Wesley College St Kilda 1 | vs. | St Leonard's College 1 |
| Camberwell Grammar School 3 | vs. | Geelong Grammar School 2 |
| Princes Hill Secondary College 2 | vs. | St Columba's College 2 |
| The Geelong College 2 | vs. | The Peninsula School 1 |
| Catholic College Bendigo - Senior 2 | vs. | Brauer College 1 |
| Brighton Grammar School 1 | vs. | Gleneagles Secondary College 1 |
| Tintern Schools 1 | vs. | The Geelong College 3 |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School 2 | vs. | Doncaster Secondary College 1 |
| Ballarat High School 1 | vs. | Point Cook Senior Secondary College 2 |
| St Kevin's College 1 | vs. | Westbourne Grammar School 1 |
| Firbank Grammar School 1 | vs. | Scotch College 1 |
| Avila College 1 | vs. | St Helena Secondary College 1 |
| Melbourne High School 1 | vs. | Geelong High School 1 |
| Brighton Grammar School 9 | vs. | Haileybury Girls College 1 |
| D Grade - 8pm | ||
| That we should ban advertising aimed at children | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Isik College Eastmeadows 3 | vs. | Gippsland Grammar School 1 |
| The Geelong College (Preparatory School) 3 | vs. | Northcote High School 2 |
| Siena College 1 | vs. | Camberwell Grammar School 1 |
| St Monica's College 5 | vs. | Haileybury Girls College Brighton 2 |
| Melbourne Grammar-Wadhurst 1 | vs. | Mazenod College 1 |
| Northcote High School 3 | vs. | St Kevin's College 4 |
| Avila College 4 | vs. | St Kevin's College 2 |
| Melbourne High School 1 | vs. | Xavier College 2 |
| St Bernard's College 3 | vs. | Ballarat & Clarendon College 3 |
| Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (East Keilor) 4 | vs. | Albert Park College 2 |
| The Geelong College 3 | vs. | Scotch College 1 |
| St Bede's College 3 | vs. | Emmanuel College (Notre Dame) 4 |
| Wesley College St Kilda 1 | vs. | Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School 2 |
| Tintern Schools 1 | vs. | Gippsland Grammar School 2 |
| St Kevin's College 6 | vs. | Ivanhoe Grammar School 3 |
| St Monica's College 1 | vs. | Bialik College 3 |
Octo-finals
Wednesday, September 5th 2012
Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak
| A Grade - 7pm | ||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| St Monica's College 1 | vs. | Scotch College 3 |
| St Joseph's College Geelong 1 | vs. | Eltham High School 1 |
| Xavier College 2 | vs. | Ballarat & Clarendon College 1 |
| Rosebud Secondary College 1 | vs. | Gippsland Grammar School 1 |
| Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School 1 | vs. | Scotch College 1 |
| St Bede's College 1 | vs. | Melbourne High School 4 |
| Avila College 1 | vs. | Camberwell Grammar School 2 |
| Melbourne High School 1 | vs. | Woodleigh School 1 |
| B Grade - 7pm | ||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Geelong Grammar School 2 | vs. | Brighton Grammar School 1 |
| Scotch College 1 | vs. | Princes Hill Secondary College 2 |
| Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School 3 | vs. | St Kevin's College 1 |
| St Helena Secondary College 1 | vs. | Tintern Schools 1 |
| Point Cook Senior Secondary College 2 | vs. | Melbourne Girls Grammar School 1 |
| The Peninsula School 1 | vs. | Wesley College St Kilda 1 |
| Doncaster Secondary College 1 | vs. | Brauer College 1 |
| Geelong High School 1 | vs. | Haileybury Girls College 1 |
| C Grade - 8pm | ||
| That we should use solitary confinement to punish prisoners | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Montmorency Secondary College 1 | vs. | St Paul's Anglican Grammar School 1 |
| St Kevin's College 1 | vs. | MacRobertson Girls High School 1 |
| Westbourne Grammar School 3 | vs. | Glenroy College 2 |
| Scotch College 1 | vs. | Isik College Eastmeadows 1 |
| Melbourne Grammar School 8 | vs. | Glen Waverley Secondary College 2 |
| Koonung Secondary College 1 | vs. | Highvale Secondary College 1 |
| Mentone Girls Grammar 2 | vs. | Mt St Joseph's Girls College 1 |
| St Kevin's College 2 | vs. | Brighton Grammar School 4 |
| D Grade - 8pm | ||
| That gifted students should be taught separately from their peers | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School 3 | vs. | The Geelong College 3 |
| Gippsland Grammar School 1 | vs. | St Monica's College 1 |
| Northcote High School 2 | vs. | Melbourne Grammar-Wadhurst 1 |
| Emmanuel College (Notre Dame) 4 | vs. | Wesley College St Kilda 1 |
| Ballarat & Clarendon College 3 | vs. | Camberwell Grammar School 1 |
| Gippsland Grammar School 2 | vs. | St Kevin's College 2 |
| Albert Park College 2 | vs. | St Kevin's College 4 |
| Xavier College 2 | vs. | St Monica's College 5 |
Quarter Finals
Wednesday, September 12th 2012
Santa Maria College, Northcote
| A Grade - 7pm | |||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Gippsland Grammar School 1 | vs. | Camberwell Grammar School 2 | (2-1) |
Scotch College 1 |
vs. | St Joseph's College Geelong 1 | (3-0) |
| Melbourne High School 1 | vs. | Ballarat & Clarendon College 1 | (3-0) |
| St Monica's College 1 | vs. | Melbourne High School 4 | (2-1) |
| B Grade - 7pm | |||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Brauer College 1 | vs. | St Helena Secondary College 1 | (2-1) |
St Kevin's College 1 |
vs. | Brighton Grammar School 1 | (3-0) |
| Geelong High School 1 | vs. | Scotch College 1 | (3-0) |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar School 1 | vs. | Wesley College St Kilda Rd 1 |
(2-1) |
| C Grade - 8pm | |||
| That we should criminalise Holocaust denial | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Melbourne Grammar School 8 | vs. | Highvale Secondary College 1 | (3-0) |
| MacRobertson Girls High School 1 | vs. | Mt St Joseph's Girls College 1 | (3-0) |
| St Kevin's College 2 | vs. | St Paul's Anglican Grammar School 1 | (3-0) |
| Westbourne Grammar School 3 | vs. | Isik College Eastmeadows 1 |
(2-1) |
| D Grade - 8pm | |||
| That military service should automatically qualify migrants for Australian citizenship | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Camberwell Grammar School 1 | vs. | Gippsland Grammar School 2 | (2-1) |
| Xavier College 2 | vs. | Albert Park College 2 | (2-1) |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School 3 | vs. | Melbourne Grammar-Wadhurst 1 | (2-1) |
| Gippsland Grammar School 1 | vs. | Wesley College St Kilda 1 | (2-1) |
Semi-Finals
Wednesday, October 10th 2012
Sacre Coeur, Glen Iris
| A Grade - 7pm | |||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Melbourne High School 4 | vs. | Gippsland Grammar School 1 | |
| Melbourne High School 1 | vs. | Scotch College 1 | (3-0) |
| B Grade - 7pm | |||
| Secret topic (released at 6pm) | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| St Helena Secondary College 1 | vs. | St Kevin's College 1 | (3-0) |
| Scotch College 1 | vs. | Melbourne Girls Grammar School 1 | (2-1) |
| C Grade - 8pm | |||
| That we should abolish trial by jury | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Highvale Secondary College 1 | vs. | MacRobertson Girls High School 1 | (2-1) |
| Isik College Eastmeadows 1 | vs. | St Kevin's College 2 | (2-1) |
| D Grade - 8pm | |||
| That funding for the arts should only be given to work representing minority groups | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Albert Park College 2 | Camberwell Grammar School 1 | (3-0) | |
| Wesley College St Kilda 1 | Ivanhoe Grammar School 3 | (2-1) | |
Grand Final
Wednesday, October 17th 2012
Scotch College, Hawthorn
| A Grade - 8:15pm | |||
| Advised topic: Minority Rights (released at 7:15pm) | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Melbourne High School 4 | vs. | Scotch College 1 | |
| B Grade - 7pm | |||
| Advised topic: Minority Rights (released at 6pm) | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Scotch College 1 | vs. | St Kevin's College 1 | |
| C Grade - 6pm | |||
| That Australia should abolish the States | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Mac.Robertson Girls' High School 1 | vs. | St Kevin's College 2 | |
| D Grade - time and date TBC | |||
| That Australia should adopt a Constitutional bill of rights | |||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
| Albert Park College 2 | Wesley College St Kilda 1 | ||