The trouble with Government
16 February 2010 • Ron Manners AO
Perhaps government is too big? Too expensive? Perhaps too intrusive? These days they tap your phones and check your bank accounts (if you …
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Double standards
1 October 2009 • Ron Manners AO
How many times are we told that politicians’ private lives are just that - private - and that the media should not investigate …
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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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Ponzi schemes invented by governments?
16 July 2009 • Ron Manners AO
Most of us would know of Bernie Madoff’s jail sentence of 150 years, for running a “Ponzi Scheme”, where repayments to shareholders depended …
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How big business fails at leadership
4 June 2009 • Mannwest Admin
Having written and spoken extensively about ‘The Language of Leadership’ (or lack thereof); it was interesting to receive a concrete example submitted by Philip Wood …
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Nickel and hotels in Bali
29 May 2009 • Ron Manners AO
I had a brief adventure as a Bali tourism owner in the 1970’s. I was looking for a career change with a touch …
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The language of leadership
21 May 2009 • Ron Manners AO
This keynote speech was presented at AMEC 2009 National Mining Congress, held at Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. In 2005 AMEC established the Sir …
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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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Not wasting a good crisis: Heroic Misadventures
30 March 2009 • Ron Manners AO
This article was first published in the 2009 edition of WA Mining Club's Minesite, an annual collection of the club's activities as well as those …
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Have the Harvard graduates succeeded where the Communists failed?
20 November 2008 • Ron Manners AO
This after-dinner speech, delivered to the Western Australian branch of the Harvard Club of Australia, tells a number of stories about the history of …
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