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Birthday Book Launch

9 December 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

On Friday the 27th November, 2020 we commemorated 125 years of Mannwest Group (as well as Mannkal's 23rd birthday), and celebrated in style …

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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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A significant Mannkal wedding

6 October 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

On Saturday, 3rd October, many of our Mannkal Team attended the marriage of our Executive Director, Andrew Pickford, to Shironi De Silva. It …

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Match this legacy!

26 September 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Today marks the birthday of Leonard E. Read, founder of the Foundation for Economic Education and author of the iconic free-market essay I, …

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Why you should download this free ebook!

4 September 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Back in 2009 I published Heroic Misadventures: Australia, Four Decades, Full Circle in which I retold some of my experiences in the gold-mining industry …

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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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Remembering Karl Hess

13 May 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

One of the events that brightened up my ‘Coronavirus Besieged Easter’ was the Reason.com release of Jesse Walker’s interview with Daniel Tucker entitled …

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I miss Jon Utley

10 April 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Each November, in New York City, Jon Utley and I have shared a meal.  We also invited a younger person, or two, to …

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Overwhelmed by “Dog Responses”

3 April 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Over the festive season, I sent out my latest poem Why I Talk to Kelpie Dogs to all my friends, family and associates. I received …

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