Travel industry downgrades Australia
14 November 2013 • Ron Manners AO
Travel industry downgrades Australia, or, The unintended consequences of regulations for credit card bank interchange fees, is part of a presentation Ron made to …
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Australia’s endangered species: small business
4 November 2013 • Ron Manners AO
This Mannerism is a throwback from 2013 but the advice remains the same today. The new year is a time when many people revise …
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Why isn’t philanthropy encouraged in Australia?
22 August 2013 • Ron Manners AO
Our Mannkal Economic Education Foundation was one of the first PPF/PAFs (Private Ancillary Funds) in WA, formed in 2002, and over the years …
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Charles Copeman: 1930 — 2013
5 July 2013 • Ron Manners AO
I’ve referred to Charles Copeman in several speeches and articles over the years. This was written in 2013 after his passing. He was …
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The other side of the same coin
13 April 2013 • Ron Manners AO
This is a copy of speech Ron made at the Mannkal Scholars and Friends Cocktail Party, held at the University of Western Australia in April 2013. …
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An antidote for bad service and UK Government smuggling
21 February 2013 • Ron Manners AO
This Mannerism shares ways to deal with bad service (or at least offers some choice responses to give the disillusioned postal service). Lost …
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Choosing between two economic styles
29 January 2013 • Ron Manners AO
The golden rule Mitchell’s Golden Rule explains that when the private sector grows faster than government, prosperity increases and when government grows faster …
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Ideas that matter: speaking up for the good of the industry
20 December 2012 • Ron Manners AO
This article was first published in the 2012 edition of WA Mining Club's Minesite, an annual collection of the club's activities as well as those …
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Project Western Australia
16 August 2012 • Ron Manners AO
Official Launch Comments Unlike our Federal Treasurer, we will not call upon the mystic spirits of present or past rock singers, to give …
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Australians divided by two sets of rules; one for the ruled and one for ruling classes
2 May 2012 • Ron Manners AO
In Australia many new laws include an exemption to allow Governments and their minions to break these rules without penalty. The recent highly …
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