The Bureaucratic Buggers
18 January 2021 • Ron Manners AO
Following the successful outcome of my seven year dispute with the Australian Tax Office (1970's), I was happy to be 'back at work'. …
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Are you being “mugged”?
9 September 2020 • Ron Manners AO
We have had many challenges to face in 2020. Which to tackle first? Without the traditional wisdom of a reliable business or political …
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Alcoa ‘on the nose’ again!
8 July 2020 • Ron Manners AO
Alcoa is at it again! Ahead of seeking approval from the state government for a range of environmental approvals around its mines and …
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Covid-19: How one eatery was done like a dinner by the bureaucrats
23 June 2020 • Ron Manners AO
The West Australian, 2nd June 2020 As more and more well-informed opinions appear, it is becoming clear that much of the coronavirus lockdown was unnecessary. …
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Get the economy moving again; you have to be joking!
5 June 2020 • Ron Manners AO
Conflicts between government departments (federal, state and local) are as much a threat to each Australian’s prosperity, as is the Corona-Crisis itself. I …
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Coronavirus Era – 8 Rules
25 March 2020 • Ron Manners AO
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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Australian Bushfires Part III
7 February 2020 • Ron Manners AO
Having just spent two weeks talking to people directly involved in Australia’s serious bushfires (Victoria and New South Wales), I see an obvious …
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Bushfire Alarm!
18 December 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Please read carefully as we refuse to learn from even recent history: This Mannerism from 2009 delivered a very important and topical issue. …
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Canberra’s Grasping Predators
29 November 2019 • Ron Manners AO
On September 13, 1981 the Sunday Independent newspaper published an open letter from myself to then Federal Treasurer John Howard. My remarks were …
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Bureaucracy v Public: an open letter to the Consumer Affairs Bureau 1976
27 November 2019 • Ron Manners AO
In the days of Perth's Sunday Independent, a good letter to the editor was not only published, but also served as inspiration for …
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