Our tarnished regulators
10 March 2011 • Ron Manners AO
Rules and regulations are important aspects of our Western Civilization, as without them we would descend into savagery. However, those charged with the …
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Flaccid brains were on parade
10 September 2010 • Ron Manners AO
Dr. Richard W. Rahn recently introduced the concept of Flaccid Brains with these comments: If government spending is growing faster than gross domestic product …
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Northern Australia: The Next Powerhouse of the Global Economy?
30 August 2010 • Ron Manners AO
Keynote Address to 3rd Annual North Queensland Resources Development Conference in Townsville, Queensland Do you believe in miracles? Let me tell you about one …
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Canberra needs history as a compulsory subject
2 May 2010 • Ron Manners AO
Isn’t it strange that no-one in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s ‘control group’ appears to have studied history? If they had, I’m sure they …
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Custom-made miracles: Musings on less government involvement for business
17 April 2010 • Mannwest Admin
This article was first published in the 2010 edition of WA Mining Club's Minesite, an annual collection of the club's activities as well as those …
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Another giant government stuff-up!
1 March 2010 • Ron Manners AO
So, Australia’s federal government had to be seen to be doing something to counter the Global Financial Crisis. That’s understandable as is their …
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The trouble with Government
16 February 2010 • Ron Manners AO
Perhaps government is too big? Too expensive? Perhaps too intrusive? These days they tap your phones and check your bank accounts (if you …
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Double standards
1 October 2009 • Ron Manners AO
How many times are we told that politicians’ private lives are just that - private - and that the media should not investigate …
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Freedom to shop
10 September 2009 • Ron Manners AO
As a consumer, buying a loaf of bread when it suited me was once my “right”, but now I can only shop with …
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Ponzi schemes invented by governments?
16 July 2009 • Ron Manners AO
Most of us would know of Bernie Madoff’s jail sentence of 150 years, for running a “Ponzi Scheme”, where repayments to shareholders depended …
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