Graduation day
12 May 1994 • Ron Manners AO
I didn't quite manage to graduate from university, but I can't say I didn't try. When I was about 20 I attended the WA …
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Get a hat
25 October 1993 • Ron Manners AO
For a guy who is more interested in the future than the past, I can’t understand how I keep being asked to delve …
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And now for the good news: A report from the Kalgoorlie Goldfields
1 September 1993 • Ron Manners AO
Some things, like government making fickle decisions, never seem to change. In this 1993 column in bi-monthly publication, Australian Drilling, Ron shared some personal …
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When spenders outnumber producers
30 July 1993 • Ron Manners AO
This speech was delivered at the 1993 conference of the Pastoralists' and Graziers' Association of WA. It was George Washington who said: “Government …
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The Museum of the Goldfields: from humble beginnings
7 April 1993 • Ron Manners AO
Timeline of events leading to the creation of the Museum of the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie 1965: Establishment of a Golden Mile Museum suggested 1966: …
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Growing up on the Goldfields: Part 1
30 January 1993 • Ron Manners AO
I made this speech at the Geotechnical/Geomechanical Australian Conference in 1993 and it can also be found in my book Never a Dull …
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Taxes, taxes and damned taxes
31 October 1992 • Ron Manners AO
This article was printed in the Australian Journal of Mining in October 1992. Editor Peter Barrett prefaced it by writing the following: "Taken …
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When miners were heroes
18 May 1992 • Ron Manners AO
We can be heroes Can anyone remember a time when miners were heroes? When they were proud of what they did, without apologizing? …
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Let’s create real jobs this time
22 January 1992 • Ron Manners AO
Written while I was an AMEC councillor and Australia was experiencing "the recession we had to have", this article offers four suggestions on …
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The job training tax: Yet another government stuff-up
23 May 1991 • Ron Manners AO
One of my hobbies is collecting examples of how government policies, usually achieve the opposite, to their possibly good intentions. The training tax …
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