Ron Manners’ ideas 
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Ron Manners AO

Superannuation: for better or worse?

Superannuation is less than super We have come to the end of another annual round of changes to our super fund which, in...

Character Beats Strategy (Every Time): a festive poem

Merry Christmas to all! Ron wrote this festive poem as a way of expressing just how he feels about politics at this special...

Culture eats strategy for breakfast!

WA Mining Club holds a St Barbara’s Day Luncheon the first week of December each year, to pay tribute to the patron saint...

Is it time for another revolt? The 150th anniversary of Australia’s Eureka Rebellion

The Eureka Rebellion was an event which changed the fabric of Australian society. Liberty, equality and human rights are ideals which born from...

Property rights in WA: an endangered species

This speech was delivered at a Property Rights Conference, held at Murdoch University. Addressing a group of the legal fraternity, I implored them...

Turning ideas into gold

Back in the mid-1980’s I brought together a small team that ultimately became the third largest Australian-based gold producer. You can read the...

An offer you can refuse! Say no to the Mafia-style remedy in the Uber vs taxi dispute

Let’s look at the latest attempt to ‘milk the public’ in the emerging open competition between ride sharing businesses such as Uber and...

Role model reversal? Under developed versus developed countries

The real generation gap in Australia Matthew Lynn of The Daily Telegraph recently set out to investigate why the title of developing country...

Capitalism breathes through tax loopholes

This was a keynote speech given to the Western Australian representation of the Students for Liberty conference July 30, 2016 at UWA. The...

Book review

Dear Ron, I was most impressed with the life that unfolded in those two books I purchased from you a few months ago....

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