There are no points of order, personal privilege or information. In Australasian debate, more than in other format, each speech has particular responsibilities, and judges specifically examine if these responsibilities are met. Method includes many things. Each team must divide its argumentation into two parts, each of which independently proves why the definition should or should not be adopted. The third speaker of each team must summarise the debate and refute the other side.
Refutation takes up over four-fifths of the third affirmative and negative speeches.
New arguments in support of the team's side are not permitted, and will be penalised by the judges. The most controversial element of Australasian debate involves making definitions. In recent years, many debaters have protested this rule, and it is starting to change. The All-Asian Championships, for example, gives the right of definition exclusively to the affirmative, subject to the usual restrictions of debatability, clarity and resolutionality. The resolution, however, is always decided by the affirmative and negative together.