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WA Senior Australian of the Year Nomination: Ron Manners AO

17 February 2021

In November 2020 Ron was nominated as 2021 WA Senior Australian of the Year.  This video showcases all the worthy nominees, with a …

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Reason and Doubt — The Christian Roots of Liberty

23 January 2018

Reverend Peter Kurti is a Research Fellow co-ordinating the Religion and Civil Society program at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney. The …

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The Culture of Freedom — Western Civilisation and the Next Generation

23 January 2018

Dr Kevin Donnelly AM is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University and Director of the Melbourne-based Education Standards Institute. He was …

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The Great Unlearning

23 January 2018

Dr Jennifer Oriel is a columnist with a PhD in political science and has written extensively on matters pertaining to liberalism in our …

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The Attack on the Enlightenment and Campus Free Speech

23 January 2018

Matthew Lesh is a Research Fellow at the IPA where his interests include the power of economic and social freedom, the foundations of …

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How Western Civilisation enabled Silicon Valley

23 January 2018

John Chisholm has three decades of experience as an entrepreneur, CEO and investor. In 1997 he founded and for a decade served as …

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The Origins of Freedom

23 January 2018

Dr Bella d’Abrera is the Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program at IPA. She is the author of a number of books, …

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Australia Between West and East — Now and in the Future

16 January 2018

What does Western Civilisation mean in 2017? Why spend a day discussing Western Civilisation? Is it static or does it evolve? Australian economist …

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Ron Manners and John Chisholm: Are we facing the end of free trade?

8 August 2017

Panel Question: ‘Are we facing the end of free trade?’ John Mullen introducing panellists in Spanish. RON MANNERS: I must congratulate the translators, …

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In Conversation: John Hyde

15 November 2016

Mannkal Foundation board member John Hyde held the Federal seat of Moore from 1974, when Whitlam was Prime Minister, until he lost the …

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