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ANZAC Day – Revisited in 2026
“Lest We Forget” counts among Australia’s most meaningful words. In my case, with fond memories of my father Charles Manners. ANZAC Day, afternoon,...
Argentina – A Role Model for Australia?
Ron Manners AOSpeaking in Buenos-Aires, ArgentinaLiberty International World ConferenceAugust 2025 Travelling from Australia to Argentina reminds me of something Saint Augustine once said,...
The Huge Responsibility of Teaching Economics
History of Economic Thought Society of AustraliaUWA Business School17th July 2025 Since Riko asked me to speak I have been wondering what a...
Beating Off the Union Thugs – Part II
Take Control of Your Own Superannuation Fund The reader feedback from Part 1 has been overwhelming and several selected comments have been added...
In a Court of Justice I would have Won, but in a Court of Law I Lost
Beating off the Union Thugs Part 1… Part 2 next week I would like to share this short piece I wrote in 1979...
South Africa – Why Aren’t we Friendly?
An historic review of Australia’s strange relationship with South Africa in 1981 by Ron Manners. (Open images in a new tab to view...
Power Grid Vulnerability?
My friend Ken Schultz recently wrote an insightful comment about power grid vulnerability on a Gatestone Institute article, and I thought that it...
Questions I could not Answer!
The Economic Society of Australia recently asked me to comment on the following three questions: – It was not easy for me to...
Super Down Under
Reposted from our friend Joel Bowman at Notes From the End of the World. “The only difference between a tax man and a...
Kalgoorlie (and Australia) Lookin’ Good, Feelin’ Awful
Seminar Background Paper by Ron MannersPresident, Kalgoorlie Chamber of CommerceJune 8 1977 Introductory comment from Ron, December 1, 2015:Although written for an economic...
