Joining the ‘world of ideas’ can lead to unlimited opportunities
5 December 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Ron's welcoming comments, on 23/11/23, to the successful Mannkal Scholars for 2024. I have been allocated, just three minutes, to welcome you as …
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The Voice! How P.M. Albo really won!
17 October 2023 • Ron Manners AO
(He didn't really care if you voted Yes! or No!) Never under-estimate a Trotskyite from his earlier Sydney University days. Someone who has …
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Straight from the Horse’s Mouth!
12 October 2023 • John Hyde OAM
What the Economic Rationalists (Dries) Really Believed The below Guest Mannerism by John Hyde OAM was published in Amity, in September 2002" During …
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Australia’s Education Crisis Part II – Wesley College Goes Woke!
14 September 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Since publishing our recent Education Crisis in Australia paper (here) we have received extensive support for our concern. From time-to-time I will share …
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Slide-Rules, Capital and Remaining Focused
16 August 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Avoiding socialism and wokeness! During a recent office clean-up, I came across my old slide-rule ….. What a useful item this was, in …
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Kerriann Lock: a saddened Mannkal office
27 July 2023 • Mannwest Admin
A feature of a small team, all working together with a common purpose, is that it develops a "sense of family". That’s how …
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Eulogy for Dinny Grimwood’s Funeral Service
15 June 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Jenny and I are honoured to be family friends of the Grimwoods as this relationship has several deep and interconnected threads. My own …
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Funeral Oration
7 June 2023 • Mannwest Admin
The below verse is addressed to the Liberal Party and is written by John Hyde OAM, the former member for the Division of …
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Tallinn – Estonia – The Home of Entrepreneurship
26 April 2023 • Mannwest Admin
Starting at the Bottom (I am still not sure where I will end up) The below is a speech delivered by Ron Manners …
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Who will be remembered as Ukraine’s economic reformer?
26 April 2023 • Mannwest Admin
Rebuilding a war-torn economy: Economic reforms and making them stick. The below is a speech delivered by Ron Manners at the Warsaw/Kyiv leg …
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