Alfred Adler's theory of individual psychology asserts that anyone is capable of changing their lives at any point through awareness and fulfilment of healthy personal goals (that is, goals that do not deny others the chance to fulfil their own goals whilst fulfilling your own sense of self, such as only doing your work at your job).

Specialty coffee refers to the highest grade of coffee available. While the definition is broad, coffee could be considered specialty coffee if it had outstanding scores on rating systems such as the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America), which looked for features like flavour, fragrance, impurities in the beans and how they were farmed.

Third wave coffee, refers to the increasing demand in the early 2000s for specialty coffee among everyday consumers. There is an estimated 250 specaialty coffee outlets within a 15 km radius of Melbourne's city centre alone.

In 1984, following an encounter with a supernatural entity in the New York public library, a group of scientists found what they believe to be credible evidence of paranormal activity. This sighting was one of an increasing number of incidents being reported across New York City, with other victims reporting being attacked, possessed or traumatised by such apparitions.

For the purposes of this debate, assume the scientists are correct, and the paranormal does exist.

In 1816, England was a deeply patriarchal society. A woman’s social standing was often predominantly determined by marriage prospects, and they were forbidden from owning property or working a career. Penelope is young woman from a middleclass family, who recently proposed to her lifelong friend Colin.

For many years, Penelope has secretly written in the scandal column of a local newspaper, under a pseudonym. Many of her pieces exposed or shared gossip about notable people in her community, often making or breaking their reputation.

However, her fiancé Colin recently discovered this secret, and demanded she stop writing for the column altogether.

In response to poor pay and working conditions in Victorian public schools, the AEU Victoria has recently carried out two day-long strikes, as part of a strike campaign that will be continued if demands are not met.

A work ban, is when teachers refuse to do certain parts of their job or implement government programs. Examples include refusing to work outside of school hours or not administrating NAPLAN. After cancelling a set of policies in February this year, the AEU currently has minimal work bans in place.

You are a young single woman in your 20’s. You’ve recently been contacted by a tv network casting agency who want to recruit you as a contestant for one of their reality tv shows. They’ve given you two options.

The Bachelorette, a dating show centred around yourself as the primary decision maker. Over the course of several weeks, you, ‘The Bacholorette’ get to go on several dates with different people, eliminating a given number of them each episode. The people often must also compete in challenges to earn spots on the dates. The show hopes that by the end, you will have one person who is your true love. 

Survivor, a reality TV show where 24 contestants are sent as castaways to a deserted location, where they must build shelter and fire to survive. The contestants are broken up into tribes, who, each episode, vote someone to be eliminated from the game, until one person remains. Contestants also compete in challenges for either rewards (like food or supplies) or immunity in the next vote. The winner earns a cash prize.