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2 December 2016 • Ron Manners AO
WA Mining Club holds a St Barbara's Day Luncheon the first week of December each year, to pay tribute to the patron saint …
Read Culture eats strategy for breakfast!
8 November 2016 • Ron Manners AO
This speech was delivered at a Property Rights Conference, held at Murdoch University. Addressing a group of the legal fraternity, I implored them to do the …
Read Property rights in WA: an endangered species
30 July 2016 • Ron Manners AO
This was a keynote speech given to the Western Australian representation of the Students for Liberty conference July 30, 2016 at UWA. The …
Read Capitalism breathes through tax loopholes
30 March 2015 • Ron Manners AO
This history lesson is based on Ron's presentation to Yilgarn Retrospective, a two-day seminar presented by AIG and Geoscientists' Symposia on March 30, 2015. …
Read Triumphs and tragedies of Australia’s exploration and mining industry: 1960s-2015
25 January 2014 • Ron Manners AO
This presentation was given at a Young Liberals Convention a few years back. It features some good advice for young libertarians or those …
Read You want change? (What are you going to do about it?)
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 …
Read Travel industry downgrades Australia
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. …
Read The other side of the same coin
12 November 2011 • Ron Manners AO
The mining industry has come a long way from the early 1900's mining leases in Kalgoorlie. But it's almost like this happened in …
Read Australian Mining Hall of Fame acceptance speech
8 January 2011 • Ron Manners AO
I made this speech at my 75th birthday event in 2011. As I celebrate another birthday, this time in 2019, I reflect on …
Read Half time: Birthday thoughts
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