Three things would solve Western Australia’s GST problem
29 June 2017 • Ron Manners AO
That’s all it takes: three things! Leadership Courage Decisiveness I'm not surprised to read, yet again, that Canberra and the other states recommend …
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How I found freedom in an unfree world
29 May 2017 • Ron Manners AO
One major problem confronting the world is that almost everyone now relies on the government to 'take care of things'. After 70 years of …
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Leading lights: Where mining needs to lift its game
6 May 2017 • Ron Manners AO
This article was first published in the 2015 edition of WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well as those of …
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Spain vs Australia 2017
20 March 2017 • Ron Manners AO
These are Ron's presentation notes and slides from the 2017 Free Market Roadshow in Gran Canaria and Madrid, where he had considerable interest …
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Welcome to Country 2017
8 March 2017 • Ron Manners AO
Introductory comment to the Year Ahead 20th Anniversary Mannkal event — March 8, 2017, by Ron Manners Let me acknowledge those early adventurers who …
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Turkey declares war…on mannwest.com
7 March 2017 • Ron Manners AO
For a few years I have been writing about my visits to various countries, mainly as part of the annual Free Market Road …
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Flight MH370 and political travel rorts
19 January 2017 • Ron Manners AO
A lost plane and pollies perks Both of these issues are classic examples of what economists call public choice theory. This is the theory of …
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Superannuation: for better or worse?
5 January 2017 • Ron Manners AO
Superannuation is less than super We have come to the end of another annual round of changes to our super fund which, in …
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Character Beats Strategy (Every Time): a festive poem
13 December 2016 • Ron Manners AO
Merry Christmas to all! Ron wrote this festive poem as a way of expressing just how he feels about politics at this special time of …
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Culture eats strategy for breakfast!
2 December 2016 • Ron Manners AO
WA Mining Club holds a St Barbara's Day Luncheon the first week of December each year, to pay tribute to the patron saint …
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