Happy birthday, Dr Friedman
31 July 2017 • Ron Manners AO
If you know anything about free market economics you'll have heard of Milton Friedman. To celebrate what would have been his 105th birthday, …
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The long business journey
25 July 2017 • Ron Manners AO
This is an abridged excerpt from Heroic Misadventures where I discuss my interaction with one of my economic role models, Leonard E. Read. …
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Banksia Springs, Dwellingup
24 July 2017 • Ron Manners AO
Ron wrote this poem as a birthday gift for his good mate Geoff Bell. Geoff runs Banksia Springs Cottages in Dwellingup, a country getaway …
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Australian Native Title Act…this may surprise you!
18 July 2017 • Ron Manners AO
To anyone who assumed that the Native Title Act was designed to ‘assist our Aboriginals’, think again. Like most legislation there was much going …
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Property rights are not alright!
4 July 2017 • Ron Manners AO
“The right to acquire property is enumerated in many, if not all, of the State constitutions as one of the natural, inherent rights …
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Three things would solve Western Australia’s GST problem
29 June 2017 • Ron Manners AO
That’s all it takes: three things! Leadership Courage Decisiveness I'm not surprised to read, yet again, that Canberra and the other states recommend …
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How I found freedom in an unfree world
29 May 2017 • Ron Manners AO
One major problem confronting the world is that almost everyone now relies on the government to 'take care of things'. After 70 years of …
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Leading lights: Where mining needs to lift its game
6 May 2017 • Ron Manners AO
This article was first published in the 2015 edition of WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well as those of …
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Spain vs Australia 2017
20 March 2017 • Ron Manners AO
These are Ron's presentation notes and slides from the 2017 Free Market Roadshow in Gran Canaria and Madrid, where he had considerable interest …
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Welcome to Country 2017
8 March 2017 • Ron Manners AO
Introductory comment to the Year Ahead 20th Anniversary Mannkal event — March 8, 2017, by Ron Manners Let me acknowledge those early adventurers who …
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