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Steven Horwitz – RIP

2 July 2021  •  Ron Manners AO

It's with much sadness that we learned the news this week that Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise and "bleeding-heart libertarian" Steven Horwitz passed …

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Cafe Hayek

22 June 2021  •  Ron Manners AO

An opportunity to subscribe Do we all receive far too many emails?   Probably yes, and it is with some great skill that we …

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Challenging our Shibboleths

26 May 2021  •  Ron Manners AO

A review of Mannerisms: 1985-2020 Former Liberal Leader of the Opposition, Bill Hassell AM, was kind enough to review my latest book Mannerisms: …

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Let us seek understanding; never conformity!

28 April 2021  •  Ron Manners AO

When we feel uneasy about many of today’s questionable policies, it is often a challenge to know what questions we should be asking. …

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What is Politics?

23 March 2021  •  Mannwest Admin

A Russian Jew was finally allowed to emigrate to Israel. At the Moscow airport, customs found a Lenin statue in his baggage and …

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Australia’s outback highway revisited in 2020

8 February 2021  •  Ron Manners AO

A story by former Mannkal Scholar Michael Cooke Ron, I have read your travel diary from the year 2000 as you travelled across …

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I Always Wanted to Be… (a birthday poem)

8 January 2021  •  Ron Manners AO

If we had a say,and could be our favourite age,what would be our choice? Not really too old,nor really too young,A number that …

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A little rebellion now and then is a very good thing!

11 December 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

The 164th Anniversary of Australia’s Eureka Stockade Rebellion My address below to the Rotary Club of Perth on the 4th December, 2020 can …

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2020: the year of the awards

7 December 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

2020 has proven itself to be, among other things, the year of the award! In June this year I was honoured to have …

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Mates for Mining

26 November 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

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

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