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 …
Read Double standards
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 …
Read Freedom to shop
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 …
Read Ponzi schemes invented by governments?
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 …
Read Nickel and hotels in Bali
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 …
Read The language of leadership
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 …
Read Perth: Australia’s gateway to Asia and Europe?
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 …
Read Not wasting a good crisis: Heroic Misadventures
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 …
Read Have the Harvard graduates succeeded where the Communists failed?
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 …
Read Should we all become political?
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 …
Read There’s a book inside every one of us
