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Ron Manners AO

Inherited Debt – Getting Worse!

In 2012 I wrote a poem (below) expressing concern at the level of debt inherited by every newborn Australian. It was then $80,796...

Submarine Answers? A Brewing Bombshell?

Will someone please dig a little deeper? The truth may surprise us. (Please share this story with your contacts!) Prompting my question is...

Leadership Can Not be Delegated!

This article was originally published in The Spectator Australia. Anyone else old enough to remember when any corporate, political or education leader, said...

Australia needs less compliance and more performance

The below is my address delivered at Mannkal’s premier annual event – Emerging Leaders – at the University Club of Western Australia, March...

A G2G Travel Pass does not mean Good to Go!

My recent experience in departing and returning from and to Australia has demonstrated the complete disconnect between the Posing Politicians, on the one...

My ‘end of year’ message in two parts

1. A note of sadness2. Hope for the future Linda Whetstone RIP I have just been advised of the sudden passing of one...

Daylight saving – clock changing?

About this time, every year, half the world’s population performs a mystical ritual of moving their clocks by one hour. Anyone I ask,...

What is there for kids to do in Kalgoorlie?

On in the 19th of October, 1991 I was interviewed for the ABC by J.A White-Townsend. Below is an extract. Interviewer: How long...

Canberra – always good for a laugh

Pay attention; it’s your money In view of the completion of the recent Public Choice Theory course at Notre Dame in Fremantle, here...

Privatise everything, even local government

Privatisation was a welcomed addition to our vocabulary during the 1980s. It was an essential part of the Thatcher Revolution in the United...