How to waste a whole morning
16 February 2012 • Ron Manners AO
The state bureaucracy works hard to rekindle my contempt for their bungling. The simple matter of a licence renewal was recently made difficult. How? …
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History helps us prepare for the future
30 January 2012 • Ron Manners AO
In my role as Mannkal Economic Education Foundation Chairman, students often ask: “What has been the biggest change to Australia over the past …
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Mounting anger
10 July 2011 • Ron Manners AO
Our feedback (via conversations, emails and Facebook) show the mounting anger from Australia’s ‘new generation’ at being left to ‘pick up the tab’ …
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Flaccid brains were on parade
10 September 2010 • Ron Manners AO
Dr. Richard W. Rahn recently introduced the concept of Flaccid Brains with these comments: If government spending is growing faster than gross domestic product …
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Canberra needs history as a compulsory subject
2 May 2010 • Ron Manners AO
Isn’t it strange that no-one in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s ‘control group’ appears to have studied history? If they had, I’m sure they …
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Another giant government stuff-up!
1 March 2010 • Ron Manners AO
So, Australia’s federal government had to be seen to be doing something to counter the Global Financial Crisis. That’s understandable as is their …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Looking for leadership
10 July 2004 • Ron Manners AO
I’ve often bemoaned the lack of leadership in the business and mining community. The general fear of “rocking the boat” or offending the anti-business …
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