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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Should we all become political?
23 August 2008 • Ron Manners AO
We are often implored not to be political when we approach policy subjects that affect our lives and livelihoods. Business people particularly are …
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There’s a book inside every one of us
20 February 2007 • Ron Manners AO
Do you have a book in you that is struggling to get out? This speech, delivered at a RSL meeting, explains why and …
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The indirect pursuit of happiness
14 December 2006 • Ron Manners AO
Sometimes Ron gets reflective, and a piece such as this is the result. These words are from a speech Ron gave at the Bunning …
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The Future Fund
16 October 2006 • Ron Manners AO
Is the so-called “Future Fund” a fraud or just another tax on Australia’s struggling taxpayers? Today’s announcement of the A$14.5 billion contribution of …
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Do booms always end in tears?
8 August 2006 • Ron Manners AO
This article was first published in WA Mining Club's Minesite, an annual collection of the club's activities as well as those of its members. Ron is an active …
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Competition and flat rate tax: Good medicine
29 September 2005 • Ron Manners AO
This year’s Mont Pelerin Society meeting in Iceland [August 2005] held many fascinations for this Australian member. Firstly, there is the remarkably inverse relationship …
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Some thoughts on capitalism, corporate social responsibility, sustainable development and ‘stakeholderism’
29 September 2005 • Ron Manners AO
This article is an excerpt from a submission to the Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into corporate responsibility, written by Ron on behalf of Mannkal …
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