At war with optimism
20 October 1989 • Ron Manners AO
In reviewing our third year as a listed company, at a time when half the country’s population appears to have declared civil war …
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Good as gold
6 October 1988 • Ron Manners AO
In 1988, Croesus Mining entered year two of its company life. The teething problems were being ironed out but the best was yet …
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Gold rush in the land down under
9 June 1988 • Ron Manners AO
An interview on gold from 1988 Larry Reed first interviewed me when he was Chief Economist with the National Committee for Monetary Reform …
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Australia: How are we going, mate?
21 January 1988 • Ron Manners AO
In 1988 I asked, “how are we going, mate?”. It was part of a speech made at the Howard Ruff International Investment Seminar …
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From explorer to producer
20 October 1987 • Ron Manners AO
I wrote this piece in 1987, after Croesus' first year as a publicly listed company. The first year In reviewing our first year as …
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South Africa: Extending a rare hand of friendship
14 March 1981 • Ron Manners AO
Being part of a ground-breaking team from Western Australia to promote trade with South Africa, at a time when our Federal Government discouraged …
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Can government really assist small business?
8 January 1980 • Ron Manners AO
This was written while I was President of Kalgoorlie Chamber of Commerce. The information presented here comes to you all the way from …
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Lang Hancock: Feeding the crocodile
22 September 1978 • Ron Manners AO
Lang Hancock gave this speech in Sydney in September 1978. He was always an encouraging force in my life and for this I …
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What is libertarianism?
23 May 1977 • Ron Manners AO
AUTHORS NOTE: This was found in an undated file but had been typed up using a typewriter (so we know it's old school). …
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Observations on land ownership
2 November 1976 • Ron Manners AO
The right to cash in on the product of one’s own labour is an essential element of any meaningful concept of the free …
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