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August 2015
Mannkal's e-Focus
Greetings,
What an eventful month it has been with Mannkal scholars returning from their conference adventures abroad!
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The World Conference on Market Liberalisation in Bali was a hit! Caitlin Boccamazzo, one of 20 Mannkal attendees, stated, "I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to listen to so many influential speeches on freedom and liberty, and also being able to network amongst fellow freedom fighters...this conference opened my mind to many interesting ideas and prominent issues that are circulating modern society." Check out more photos at our Facebook page here.
The Mannkal Foundation sponsored The Freedom to Choose conference at Notre Dame university. This conference explored a diverse scope of topics including the history of Christian, Jewish and Islamic engagement with economics.
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In early July, Mannkal was pleased to hold an event with its friends in the Freedom and Prosperity club.
One of Australia's leading education intellectuals, Dr Kevin Donnelly provided a very informative discussion on 'How the Left intend to destroy Western Culture.'
Stay tuned for more Meetup Group events this month and sign up for meeting invitations by clicking here.
Our Winter 2015 scholars are coming to the end of their internships in and will soon return to Perth - it feels like it's gone so fast! From Canada to Cambodia, London to Germany and Malaysia, fourteen of Mannkal's finest have been hard at work, learning and contributing to some of the world's leading think tanks. To read their blogs of their scholarships,
click here
Mannkal's April Edition of Musings has hit the press! To check it out, please click here.
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Check out Ron's regular Mannerisms this month, "..........'" (please scroll down).
Paul McCarthy
CEO
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Quotes of the Month
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"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone."
Frédéric Bastiat
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Upcoming Events
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Institute of Public Affairs book launch
Magna Carta: The Tax Revolt That Gave Us Liberty
September 8, 2015
IPA Executive Director, John Roskam and Senior Fellow, Chris Berg come together for a discussion on the importance and relevance of the Magna Carta today. Magna Carta is a founding document of individual liberty, the rule of law and parliamentary democracy. This year marks the 800th anniversary of this iconic document for justice and liberty.
If you are curious as to why this document has remained so relevant and would like more information on the event, please click here.
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Paul's Perspective
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What's the inside word on Labor's 50% target for renewable energy, and what are the economics of booing Adam Goodes?
For Paul's Perspective, click here
 
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Mannkal Scholarships
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APPLY NOW!
   
Applications are still open for end-of-year 2015/16 scholarships
Are you a student at a Western Australian university, with a desire to learn about think tanks and libertarian ideas? Are you interested in spending your 2015/2016 university break abroad? Would you like to visit Vancouver, Washington, Hong Kong, London, France, Germany, Ottawa, Wellington, or maybe Lithuania? To read more about the exciting scholarship opportunities offered through Mannkal, please click here.
History of Economic Thought Conference
Mannkal has sponsored four students to attend the HETSA (History  of Economic Thought Society of Australia) conference. We congratulate the following students:
Cathal Leslie Louis Patrick
James Fraser Mark Leman
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Mannkal Scholars: Where are they now?
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Former Mannkal scholar, Luke McFayden has recently been appointed as the Chief Economist at South32, the new spin-off company from BHP.
Luke recently got in touch with the good news and told us that the Mannkal Foundation has been a major stepping stone towards his recent career success.
We congratulate Luke for his new position and wish him the best for the future!
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Read All About It!
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Why E-cigarettes Should be Legalised
E-cigarettes have been taking a bit of a bashing around Asia and the rest of the world, with successive governments simply banning them without consultation. Some of these bans are the result of an ignorance of the technology.More > > >
Judicial Activism The Hon Nicholas Hasluck AM, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, addresses the recent increase in judicial activism. What is the best way to prevent discrimination? To find out, read more > > >.
Inside Magna carta Magna Carta's principles became ingrained in the common law as an assertion of individual freedom, an acknowledgement of sovereignty and a guarantee of the continuance
of the law of England. More > > >
Stop telling us that minimum alcohol pricing 'works in Canada'. It's nonsense The Guardian claims that a small rise in the minimum price led to a fall in alcohol-relating deaths by a third in the province of British Columbia. This is a myth as deaths directly attributed to alcohol rose between 2002 and 2011. More > > >
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down Anthem Vault, son of precious metals pioneer James U. Blanchard III, has launched a new cryptocurrency. The coin will "be valued at 1 gram of gold at the day's market price, [and] will serve as a more secure store of value than Bitcoin," according to the press release. It will be called the Hayek, "after the Nobel-winning Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek." More > > >
The End of History...In Australian Universities Undergraduate history degrees in Australia are currently offering a range of disconnected subjects on narrow themes and issues, including popular culture and film studies. They are failing to teach the central primary aspects of Australian history. The focus needs to deviate towards how Australian liberal democracy formed. More > > >
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Look Who's Talking
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Breheny: There is no place for race in the Constitution
Simon Breheny from the IPA argues that the Constitution must not divide people by race. The document should not constitute Australia's historical past, but rather lay out how decisions are to be made within the Australian political system. More > > >
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Mannerisms
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The Bjorn Lomborg controversy appears set to erupt again, this time at Flinders University in South Australia. For Ron's view in his Mannerisms, click here
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