
The Australian Intervarsity Debating Championships, a novice tournament affectionately known as "Easters", was hosted by the ANU from 10-14 April 2012.
In the Grand Final, University of Sydney Union 3 (Tim Matthews, Steph White, Michael Rees) defeated the University of Queensland 1 (Thomas Ashby, Alex O'Hara, James Rigby) in a 7-2 split decision on the topic "That vigilantism should be a defence to criminal charges in jurisdictions with extremely high crime rates".