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Building and construction industry training fund levy

15 January 1992  •  Ron Manners AO

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450,000 new jobs missed: experts

13 January 1992  •  Ron Manners AO

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Barnacles on the backside of progress

24 October 1990  •  Ron Manners AO

Address by Ron Manners to Seminar "Kalgoorlie the next 100 years" Kalgoorlie, October 24, 1990 Well here we are in Australia, in Kalgoorlie, …

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What Can We Do?

12 June 1985  •  Ron Manners AO

Audio of Ron Manners' speech "What Can We Do?" at Taxpayers United Kalgoorlie Tax Summit, June 12, 1985: [audio mp3="https://www.www.mannwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ron-Manners-Taxpayers-United-Kalgoorlie-Summit-June-12-1985.mp3"][/audio] Transcript: (more…)

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Open Letter to the Overburdened Taxpayer from Hancock and Wright

30 October 1983  • 

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The “Means Test” makes about as much sense as building a church for atheists

1 September 1980  •  Ron Manners AO

Ron Manners, Abolition of the Means Test News, September 1980, p. 11. One of my hobbies is collecting examples of how government policies …

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Ron Manners talks about and to Consumer Protectionistas

20 June 1980  •  Ron Manners AO

Ron Manners talks on Consumer Protection to Progress Party Perth. 20/6/1980. Scroll to the end of the transcript below for the concealed tape …

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Ron Manners sees union as a serious sport

1 November 1979  •  Ron Manners AO

Ron Manners, "Justice" column, Free Market, November 1979, pp. 32-33. Here's an undercover recording of part of Ron's court appearance discussed in this …

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A Different Vision

1 November 1979  •  Ron Manners AO

Ron Manners, "A Different Vision," On Liberty: Australia's newsletter for advocates of civil and economic liberty, incorporating Optimism magazine, vol. 1, November 1979, …

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Message from William Simon, author of A Time for Truth, to the Wake Up Australia Flight

11 June 1979  •  Ron Manners AO

I send my greetings to the "Wake Up Australia" flight. And congratulations to Lang Hancock on his courageous efforts to "Wake Up Australia". …

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