Superannuation: for better or worse?
5 January 2017 • Ron Manners AO
Superannuation is less than super We have come to the end of another annual round of changes to our super fund which, in …
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Turning ideas into gold
11 October 2016 • Ron Manners AO
Back in the mid-1980's I brought together a small team that ultimately became the third largest Australian-based gold producer. You can read the …
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Role model reversal? Under developed versus developed countries
4 September 2016 • Ron Manners AO
The real generation gap in Australia Matthew Lynn of The Daily Telegraph recently set out to investigate why the title of developing country no longer exists. The …
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Politicians should fear the next generation
2 April 2016 • Ron Manners AO
This Mannerism was written in 2016 but its message still rings true today. There's nowhere to hide What makes these current times so …
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Greenpeace hooligans or heroes?
3 December 2013 • Ron Manners AO
This is a vintage Mannerism. Read this to find out what happened to the hooligans. The Arctic 30 With fascination I observe Australia’s …
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Australia’s endangered species: small business
4 November 2013 • Ron Manners AO
This Mannerism is a throwback from 2013 but the advice remains the same today. The new year is a time when many people revise …
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An antidote for bad service and UK Government smuggling
21 February 2013 • Ron Manners AO
This Mannerism shares ways to deal with bad service (or at least offers some choice responses to give the disillusioned postal service). Lost …
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How to waste a whole morning
16 February 2012 • Ron Manners AO
The state bureaucracy works hard to rekindle my contempt for their bungling. The simple matter of a licence renewal was recently made difficult. How? …
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History helps us prepare for the future
30 January 2012 • Ron Manners AO
In my role as Mannkal Economic Education Foundation Chairman, students often ask: “What has been the biggest change to Australia over the past …
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Mounting anger
10 July 2011 • Ron Manners AO
Our feedback (via conversations, emails and Facebook) show the mounting anger from Australia’s ‘new generation’ at being left to ‘pick up the tab’ …
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