Staff Reporters

Prof Li Jinghai, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Science, to speak at an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Chinese innovation, November 16 a the Burswood Entertainment Complex.

ST John of God Health Care has appointed Bryan Pyne as group director finance, to be based at the organisation’s head office in West Perth.

Mike Underwood has joined United Recruitment Group as state manager.

GRESLEY Abas is a name to watch in Western Australian design circles after the architectural practice won the ‘emerging architects’ award at a recent Royal Australian Institute of WA event.

Foundation Housing Ltd is a not-for-profit housing company that provides housing to people on low to moderate incomes.

EMECO Holding Ltd appointed chief financial officer Robin Adair to the newly created position of executive director, corporate strategy and development.

St George has appointed Tracey Barnes to chief manager sales and distribution, for its institutional and business bank in WA.

THE contribution of the tourism industry to the Western Australian economy has grown faster than the national average, rising 29 per cent in the past four years to reach a record $5.7 billion in 2006.

Julia Burch has joined The Law Society of WA as manager professional development and education.

Anvil may loose mine in Congo overhaul; PetroChina hits the boards at $US1 trillion; Coventry chief grilled over long delays, cost blowouts; Nufarm's $3 billion Chem China deal makes it a global pesticide leader; $9bn loss: Prince leaves Citi a pauper.

View Resources Ltd has suspended its shares amid speculation of a $10 million placement, roughly equal to 10 per cent of its current market capitalisation.

Ukrainian billionaire Bogolyubov business partner Kolomoisky is behind a big stake in ConsMin bid; New valuation on Coles lifts Wefarmers' hopes; BHP calls for new trading system for iron ore; Nolin quits Gage Roads; Como pub put on the market.

Chambers Franklyn Strata Management managing director, Andrew Chambers, has been elected president of the Strata Titles Institute of WA. Mr Chambers has been on the STIWA council for five years.

MINE developer Precious Metals Australia Ltd has negotiated a new gas supply agreement for its Windimurra vanadium project with Santos, two months after Santos cancelled its original $35 million agree

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre was established in 1981 out of an artist in residence program at the WA Institute of Technology (now Curtin University).

Peter Panegyres has been appointed a part-time member of the Economic Regulation Authority’s governing body, for a period of three years.

WA Business News is to extend its online news services from this week with a morning business newsletter that will be sent at 7am every working day.

Realmark Real Estate’s Morley office has expanded with the appointment of a new associate team.

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Grange Resources Ltd managing director Geoff Wedlock (above) has resigned from his position and is due to leave the company in January next year.

THEY typify the remoteness of Western Australia’s desert interior and now the 51 statues of Lake Ballard are a permanent feature, with British sculptor Antony Gormley gifting his artwork to WA.

Public advocate Michelle Scott has been appointed as Commissioner for Children and Young People for a five-year term.

Actinogen Ltd - Diane Burrows has been appointed as joint company secretary. Breakaway Resources Ltd - Trevor Hart has been appointed as joint company secretary.

BEST known as a book retailer, Dymocks is now dealing in prime Western Australian real estate.

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COVENTRY Group Ltd has appointed Geoff Wilton (pictured) to the position of general manager of the automotive business.

Graham Muir has been re-elected chairman of the Perth Convention Bureau for his third 12 month term.

Julie Marchese and Hilary Nathan have joined Blake Dawson Waldron as lawyers in the firm’s corporate group.

WESFARMERS Ltd and the UWA Perth International Arts Festival have won the top prize for a business arts partnership at the national Australia Business Arts Foundation Awards, held in Sydney this week.

ONE of the main reasons ‘customer satisfaction’ is a meaningless statistic is that it’s not predictable, let alone measurable, as relates to business growth.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of I

Taylor Woodings Chartered Accountants has appointed Mary O’Donovan as national business development executive, based in the Perth office.