Project Western Australia
16 August 2012 • Ron Manners AO
Official Launch Comments Unlike our Federal Treasurer, we will not call upon the mystic spirits of present or past rock singers, to give …
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Speaking up to industry
7 September 2011 • Ron Manners AO
Ron was a former AMEC Councillor, holding positions in both 1987 and from 1990-1992. In this piece he muses on industry groups and …
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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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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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Perth: Australia’s gateway to Asia and Europe?
9 May 2009 • Ron Manners AO
Why, you say? Well for a start, Perth (without allowing for the “clock-changing experiment”) is on the same time zone as the third of …
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The Future Fund
16 October 2006 • Ron Manners AO
Is the so-called “Future Fund” a fraud or just another tax on Australia’s struggling taxpayers? Today’s announcement of the A$14.5 billion contribution of …
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The mining industry: A global community, from an Australian’s view
11 March 1997 • Ron Manners AO
Ron delivered this speech to the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto, Ontario in March 1997. It's an educational experience for …
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Taxes, taxes and damned taxes
31 October 1992 • Ron Manners AO
This article was printed in the Australian Journal of Mining in October 1992. Editor Peter Barrett prefaced it by writing the following: "Taken …
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Let’s create real jobs this time
22 January 1992 • Ron Manners AO
Written while I was an AMEC councillor and Australia was experiencing "the recession we had to have", this article offers four suggestions on …
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