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Sir Arvi Parbo, AC – RIP

1 May 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

The world mourns the death of a mining legend. Sir Arvi died peacefully, at his home in Melbourne, today at the age of …

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Manipulated Students Strike – Where are our leaders?

9 April 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

When carefully orchestrated students, all around the world, simultaneously utter the same nonsensical platitudes about the sponsored climate crisis, one can only ask, …

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#13 – Rule for Life: ‘Take every job seriously’

1 March 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

Last week Jenny and I enjoyed Dr Jordan Peterson’s ‘12 Rules for Life’ visit to Perth. Thinking later I wondered what rule I …

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I, Pencil: the work of Leonard E. Read

26 September 2017  •  Ron Manners AO

One of the best know libertarians is Leonard E. Read. Although he's no longer with us, today is his birthday. Seems like a …

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Taxation trauma

4 August 2017  •  Ron Manners AO

At this time of the year many small and large businesses assemble their financial year results and set out plans for the coming …

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The long business journey

25 July 2017  •  Ron Manners AO

This is an abridged excerpt from Heroic Misadventures where I discuss my interaction with one of my economic role models, Leonard E. Read. …

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Three things would solve Western Australia’s GST problem

29 June 2017  •  Ron Manners AO

That’s all it takes: three things! Leadership Courage Decisiveness I'm not surprised to read, yet again, that Canberra and the other states recommend …

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Leading lights: Where mining needs to lift its game

6 May 2017  •  Ron Manners AO

This article was first published in the 2015 edition of WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well as those of …

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Goodbye funds, farewell people

2 May 2017  •  Mannwest Admin

This article was first published in the 2011 edition of WA Mining Club's Minesite, an annual collection of the club's activities as well as those …

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Welcome to Country 2017

8 March 2017  •  Ron Manners AO

Introductory comment to the Year Ahead 20th Anniversary Mannkal event — March 8, 2017, by Ron Manners Let me acknowledge those early adventurers who …

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