Challenging our Shibboleths
26 May 2021 • Ron Manners AO
A review of Mannerisms: 1985-2020 Former Liberal Leader of the Opposition, Bill Hassell AM, was kind enough to review my latest book Mannerisms: …
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On Banking and Bells: The Making of a Classical Liberal
20 May 2021 • Mannwest Admin
There may be many “Andrew Reynolds” in the Perth metropolitan phonebook, but the odds are good there is only one who is a …
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Let us seek understanding; never conformity!
28 April 2021 • Ron Manners AO
When we feel uneasy about many of today’s questionable policies, it is often a challenge to know what questions we should be asking. …
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What is Politics?
23 March 2021 • Mannwest Admin
A Russian Jew was finally allowed to emigrate to Israel. At the Moscow airport, customs found a Lenin statue in his baggage and …
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2021 WA Senior Australian of the Year Nomination
18 February 2021 • Ron Manners AO
In November 2020 I was honoured to be nominated for the 2021 WA Senior Australian of the Year Award. The below video showcases …
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Australia’s outback highway revisited in 2020
8 February 2021 • Ron Manners AO
A story by former Mannkal Scholar Michael Cooke Ron, I have read your travel diary from the year 2000 as you travelled across …
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Common Sense in a Senseless World
27 January 2021 • Ron Manners AO
Are you a fan of the quotations of Thomas Sowell? Here is your chance to meet the great man himself. https://youtu.be/WK4M9iJrgto
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The Bureaucratic Buggers
18 January 2021 • Ron Manners AO
Following the successful outcome of my seven year dispute with the Australian Tax Office (1970's), I was happy to be 'back at work'. …
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I Always Wanted to Be… (a birthday poem)
8 January 2021 • Ron Manners AO
If we had a say,and could be our favourite age,what would be our choice? Not really too old,nor really too young,A number that …
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For inspiration and leadership look no further than Dr Barbara Kolm
6 January 2021 • Ron Manners AO
I was recently asked to write a few words of recommendation for Dr Barbara Kolm of the Hayek Institute in Vienna, and I …
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