Jerry Lewis and the corruption of charity
22 August 2017 • Ron Manners AO
What's the different between a lobbyist and a philanthropist? Funny man Jerry Lewis died in Las Vegas earlier this week, aged 91. The …
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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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Australian Native Title Act…this may surprise you!
18 July 2017 • Ron Manners AO
To anyone who assumed that the Native Title Act was designed to ‘assist our Aboriginals’, think again. Like most legislation there was much going …
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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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How I found freedom in an unfree world
29 May 2017 • Ron Manners AO
One major problem confronting the world is that almost everyone now relies on the government to 'take care of things'. After 70 years of …
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Turkey declares war…on mannwest.com
7 March 2017 • Ron Manners AO
For a few years I have been writing about my visits to various countries, mainly as part of the annual Free Market Road …
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State election: Western Australia
13 February 2017 • Mannwest Admin
Ron's latest Mid-Month Mannerism digs into the murky world of the upcoming Western Australian state election — have politicians learnt anything since the last election? Our …
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Why I can’t vote Liberal
7 February 2017 • Mannwest Admin
Ron's latest Mid-Month Mannerism has him defending our property rights, WA's upcoming state election and governments forgetting their main function. And who better to consult with these …
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How to lose community support for universities (in one easy lesson)
31 January 2017 • Mannwest Admin
In case you haven’t heard, several petulant twits running the University of Western Australia (UWA) student union (Guild) are squandering the fees of …
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Flight MH370 and political travel rorts
19 January 2017 • Ron Manners AO
A lost plane and pollies perks Both of these issues are classic examples of what economists call public choice theory. This is the theory of …
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