Bureaucracy v Public: an open letter to the Consumer Affairs Bureau 1976
27 November 2019 • Ron Manners AO
In the days of Perth's Sunday Independent, a good letter to the editor was not only published, but also served as inspiration for …
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Berlin Wall: 30th anniversary after the fall
20 November 2019 • Ron Manners AO
So much has been written in this past week regarding the Fall of the Wall, what else can I possibly add? Reading so …
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Hong Kong protests
3 October 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Some reflective thoughts I’ve just returned from my old ‘home-town’ of Hong Kong, bringing with me some vivid impressions of what is going …
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Why another book?
11 September 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Anthony Cappello (Connor Court Publishing) suggested I write a book about myself. My immediate response was, “I’ve already done that, and it’s called …
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Who Benefits While You Pay?
6 August 2019 • Ron Manners AO
When any orthodox economist from the Democratic Land of Oz talks of policies designed in the ‘public interest’ or the ‘national interest’, I …
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Earlier governments made mistakes too
4 July 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Much attention is focused on the current catalogue of defective policy decisions by Australia’s Federal Government. July 4 marks the 21st anniversary of the …
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Public Choice Theory explains how Western values are being eroded
6 June 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Being an optimist, I am enjoying the many signs of “sprouting concern” about the destructive influence of the “long march” through our institutions …
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Business working with academia
9 May 2019 • Ron Manners AO
(From my comments to a Vice Chancellor's lunch in Perth, March 7 2019) "Today, our Mannkal Foundation’s team values greatly this opportunity to …
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Sir Arvi Parbo, AC – RIP
1 May 2019 • Ron Manners AO
The world mourns the death of a mining legend. Sir Arvi died peacefully, at his home in Melbourne, today at the age of …
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Killing and Stealing: Government Specialties
18 April 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Part 1 Over the centuries, governments have only excelled at two things. Killing (mainly by declaring wars) and stealing (mainly by taxation and …
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