Let’s create real jobs this time
22 January 1992 • Ron Manners AO
Written while I was an AMEC councillor and Australia was experiencing "the recession we had to have", this article offers four suggestions on …
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The job training tax: Yet another government stuff-up
23 May 1991 • Ron Manners AO
One of my hobbies is collecting examples of how government policies, usually achieve the opposite, to their possibly good intentions. The training tax …
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The pleasures and problems of delving into history
15 May 1991 • Ron Manners AO
What is history? And why is there an interest in it long after the people involved have moved on? I pondered these questions, …
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Barnacles on the backside of progress
12 October 1990 • Ron Manners AO
This cheeky industry analysis was presented at Kalgoorlie: The Next 100 Years, an Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) sponsored event held …
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First stop, Hong Kong (next stop the world)
3 September 1990 • Ron Manners AO
In 1990, as Chairman of Croesus, I made a promotional visit to Hong Kong. I then went to Frankfurt, Munich, London, New York, …
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At war with optimism
20 October 1989 • Ron Manners AO
In reviewing our third year as a listed company, at a time when half the country’s population appears to have declared civil war …
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Good as gold
6 October 1988 • Ron Manners AO
In 1988, Croesus Mining entered year two of its company life. The teething problems were being ironed out but the best was yet …
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Gold rush in the land down under
9 June 1988 • Ron Manners AO
An interview on gold from 1988 Larry Reed first interviewed me when he was Chief Economist with the National Committee for Monetary Reform …
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Australia: How are we going, mate?
21 January 1988 • Ron Manners AO
In 1988 I asked, “how are we going, mate?”. It was part of a speech made at the Howard Ruff International Investment Seminar …
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From explorer to producer
20 October 1987 • Ron Manners AO
I wrote this piece in 1987, after Croesus' first year as a publicly listed company. The first year In reviewing our first year as …
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