Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Ron Manners AO

The absurdity of Australia’s submarine frolic?

The absurdity is becoming obvious to all of us (at least to those who can read). The inertia of our response and lack...

A birthday poem

For me, measuring things is more than a hobby. I feel we can only manage that which we measure. Is it worth the...

All that jazz

This was a speech given at UWA’s ECOMS function in 2008. I’m with the band One of the most satisfying experiences I’ve had...

All that jazz Mannwest

Australia Day honours another legend

I made these comments on the celebration of the award given to John Jones in 2018. Who will get the honour this year?...

John Jones Mannwest

Stan Perron AM (1922-2018): A tribute

From my first meeting, when I was 17-years-old, right through to 2018, Stan never changed. Always the gentleman, always a role-model for the...

stanley perron

Why didn’t someone tell me? (Life has no shortcuts)

This is a speech I gave to Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT) graduates on November 23, 2018. My educational journey From reading about...

Ron Manners EIT Mannwest

Liberty could be good for you too!

I presented this speech at the 2018 Mont Pelerin Society General Meeting in Gran Canaria, Spain. It was held September 30 to October...

Slide 5 Mannwest

Grievance studies gone to the dogs

This think piece was written by Dr Kevin Donnelly, Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education and the Arts at Australian Catholic...

Dogs Mannwest

The fuse is lit

This speech was delivered at Explo ’99, an AusIMM conference on rock breaking. In it I reveal not only my criminal past but...

The fuse is lit Mannwest

John Hyde in three words

At a recent celebration for John Hyde, where he was presented with a festschrift, I was asked to describe him in three words....

Three words Mannwest
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