Good government needs good policies: Why not try Enterprise Zones?
9 April 2018 • Ron Manners AO
In the dying days of the Malcolm Fraser Government, MP Malcolm called his team together and asked for ideas that might win them …
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School of the Air debacle
9 January 2018 • Ron Manners AO
Forget ‘votes’ and concentrate on ‘nation building’ So the WA State Government is axing the School of the Air education for remote (productive) communities. Obviously …
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Libertarianism’s enormous challenge
6 December 2017 • Ron Manners AO
Address to the Liberal Democrats Council The full title of this speech is Libertarianism’s enormous challenge and responsibility in Australia. It's a very …
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Why attend Mannkal’s Western Civilisation Conference?
26 October 2017 • Ron Manners AO
A good question and you have a right to ask. Any observer, of Australia’s current pre-occupation with trivia and its avoidance of the …
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Property rights: Central to good government
29 August 2017 • Ron Manners AO
One of the few legitimate roles of any good government is to establish and protect the property rights of its citizens. When governments do …
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Jerry Lewis and the corruption of charity
22 August 2017 • Ron Manners AO
What's the different between a lobbyist and a philanthropist? Funny man Jerry Lewis died in Las Vegas earlier this week, aged 91. The …
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Australian Native Title Act…this may surprise you!
18 July 2017 • Ron Manners AO
To anyone who assumed that the Native Title Act was designed to ‘assist our Aboriginals’, think again. Like most legislation there was much going …
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Property rights are not alright!
4 July 2017 • Ron Manners AO
“The right to acquire property is enumerated in many, if not all, of the State constitutions as one of the natural, inherent rights …
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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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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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