Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Articles: Business

The Bureaucratic Buggers

Following the successful outcome of my seven year dispute with the Australian Tax Office (1970’s), I was happy to be ‘back at work’....

“Bunking” your own philosophy

On Monday the 12th of October I had the pleasure of addressing students of Perth Modern School on the subject of entrepreneurship. Let...

Mates for Mining

On the 20th November, 2020, Mannkal was pleased to host the fast-growing “Mates for Mining” morning tea established in order to recognise those...

Are you being “mugged”?

We have had many challenges to face in 2020. Which to tackle first? Without the traditional wisdom of a reliable business or political...

Why you should download this free ebook!

Back in 2009 I published Heroic Misadventures: Australia, Four Decades, Full Circle in which I retold some of my experiences in the gold-mining industry...

Alcoa ‘on the nose’ again!

Alcoa is at it again! Ahead of seeking approval from the state government for a range of environmental approvals around its mines and...

Defending Competitive Capitalism

Recently I have been asked by two of our Mannkal Alumni almost identical questions covering the same difficulty of defending ‘free market capitalism’...

Covid-19: How one eatery was done like a dinner by the bureaucrats

As more and more well-informed opinions appear, it is becoming clear that much of the coronavirus lockdown was unnecessary.  We should have been isolating only...

Awakening Possibilities!

Awakening Possibilities! (Our task is simple) While I’m currently pre-occupied with writing a piece on “why our next generation should take the Coronavirus...

Coronavirus Era – 8 Rules

Don’t get sick. You don’t want to be a burden on others, as they are already burdened by the fall-out from the current...

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