Background
Manning was born in Cairns, and attended Edge Hill State School, and Cairns State High School.
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He also received a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from the University of Southern Queensland.
Career
In 2002 he was awarded Cairns Citizen of the Year. Manning served three years in the Australian Army including in Vietnam 1970-1971. Manning"s first major position was as Chief Executive Officer of the Longreach Shire Council for eight years.
In 1984 he returned to Cairns and became Secretary and then Chief Executive Officer of the Cairns Portuguese Authority (including the Cairns International Airport) for eighteen years from 1984 to 2002.
After resigning his role at the port as a stand against "bullying tactics" by the Queensland Government, Manning began consulting work in Jordan and South of Korea. In 2004 Manning became the General Manager of NQEA Australia Pty Limited before heading overseas again to take up the role of Chief Executive Officer of Hermes Airports Limited (including Larnaca International Airport and Paphos International Airport) in Cyprus until 2008.
He has had a lengthy involvement with the Airports Council International from 1993-2000 (including president, vice-president and vice-chairman) and was the director/chairman of Tourism Tropical North Queensland (previously Far North Queensland Promotion Bureau) for eleven years from 1986 to 1997. In February 2015, Events NQ was put into liquidation, with staff left without their entitlements and creditors unpaid.
