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Croesus Mining NL: Highs and lows

2 July 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

There's been increased interest in Croesus Mining NL of late. It was founded in 1986 and during my time with the company it produced …

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Generational terms (What’s my excuse? Did I miss out on a label?)

28 June 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

So much is written about the various generations. The latest piece, I now read, by Rowan Dean, Australian Editor of The Australian Spectator under …

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Father Long’s sacred nugget

18 June 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

This story is set in Kanowna, about 20km east of Kalgoorlie. It’s a ghost town these days. But in Father Long's day, when WG …

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Buckets of money at Nugan Hand

11 June 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

This is an excerpt from my book, Heroic Misadventures. Read the full story here by downloading the free ebook. My brief career in banking …

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Remembering Lang Hancock

10 June 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

Lang Hancock will always be a legend and an icon of Australia. In 1963, he saved my life. I doubt he even realised. …

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Forty years of farming

6 June 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

My father, Chas Manners, was trained for farming at the Ballarat Agricultural College with a long-term view to run the Manners’ family farm …

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Let Public Choice Theory solve political puzzles

1 May 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

The good news is that an accredited Public Choice Theory course will be available from The University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle …

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Australia: Four Decades – Full Circle

23 April 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

There's a good reason why my book Heroic Misadventures is subtitled ‘Australia: Four Decades - Full Circle’. In the 1970s we saw Australia’s …

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What would Thomas Jefferson say?

13 April 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

Today's guest writer, and birthday boy, is Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826). Jefferson was the third President of the US and principal author …

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Good government needs good policies: Why not try Enterprise Zones?

9 April 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

In the dying days of the Malcolm Fraser Government, MP Malcolm called his team together and asked for ideas that might win them …

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