Melbourne should be the capital of Australia

The affirmative speaker has raised the impractical idea of changing the capital of Australia to Melbourne by January next year. This seems like a difficult task to achieve and one must wonder whether it would be worth the effort expensed. Overall, the affirmative stated that Melbourne was safe and multicultural. Is this enough motive to change the capital focus of an entire country? As the negative speaker, I think not. The first rebuttal argument put forward by the negative stated that Melbourne has a safety index of 71.59 and that the city is considerably safer than Canberra. However, if Melbourne became the capital of Australia- it would most definitely become more dangerous. Statistics put forward by the affirmative display the safety situation of Melbourne currently but has the opposition even considered the statistics if their motions are put in place? The affirmative immediately latched onto the words of 'multiculturalism' and 'terrorist' within my case. They made sure to refute my fictional views of multiculturalism leading to terrorist attacks. The intended purpose of my case was to specifically address the fact that Melbourne is a bigger city within our country. Looking through the eyes of a terrorist, big cities are ideal places to attack. By making Melbourne the new capital of Australia, the phrase I stated before ('baiting terrorist motives') becomes more valid. After a rebuttal that failed to make substantial ground, the affirmative next tried to persuade us as to why Melbourne should be the capital of Australia. They said that Melbourne is Australia's culture capital and this is evidence as to why Australia should change it's capital to the multicultural city. The affirmative also stated that there have been no pushes for tourism in Canberra. Has the affirmative considered that there may be a reason behind this more than unpopularity? If capital cities were placed on the best points of interest within nations, why isn't the capital located at Uluru, on the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns or Sydney (to quote the affirmatives third citation)? Canberra makes an ideal Australian capital because it is not filled with the tourism that can be found in Melbourne and the rest of these points of interest. Choosing a capital location away from the bustle of the major tourist cities but still within drivable distance was one the best decisions made by Australian politicians. Benefits of this decision were numerous and the positive effects can still be seen today. Whilst nothing will exceed the tourism ranks of Sydney and Melbourne within our nation, the capital is still a must-visit on some tourist lists. By spreading out tourist hotspots across our nation and not jamming them into one city, we are building tourist travel via air, road and sea which greatly adds to our economy. By making Melbourne the capital of Australia we would lose all of these social, financial and practical advances. Intuitive advances such as these are what define our country and hence (using the affirmative's definition) make Canberra an ideal capital for Australia. If the affirmative still has any doubts on the position of Canberra as capital they should research the cited website (1) which shows the rich history and important decisions behind the choosing of Canberra as our capital. Australia is a wonderful country and currently has a developing capital with a bright future ahead of it. Thank you. (1) http://www.australia.gov.au...