Staff Reporters

Professor John Alford, professor of public sector management at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, to speak at a John Curtin Institute public lecture on client focus in regulatory age

AMP Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Lefroy Resources Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,425,000 ordinary shares (6.85%).

Michael Raune increased its relevant interest from 20,140,954 ordinary shares (46.49%) to 21,704,013 ordinary shares (48.73%).

Announce an Agreement to acquire a number of iron ore projects from Echelon Resources

General Meeting will be held at the offices of Francis A Jones, 154 High Street, Fremantle, on 11 May 2007 at 10.00am

General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, at 9.00am on Friday, 11 May 2007.

Magnetic Resources NL, ASX code: MAU, Issue price: $0.20, First days close: $0.32, Principal activities: gold, nickel, uranium exploration, Corporate: Peter Thomas (non-executive chairman), George Sak

Activity statement statistics. http://www.ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/content/25349.htm Published: April 2 2007

UBS Nominees Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 5,388,074 ordinary shares (8.98%).

Gabor Holdings Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 67,737,796 ordinary shares (35.84%) to 83,124,779 ordinary shares (37.86%).

Belgravia Strategic Equities Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 10,819,907 ordinary shares (18.1%) to 9,419,907 ordinary shares (15.76%).

Announced a A$125 million Capital Raising for the development of the Higginsville Gold Project. The Unconditional Placement will be made in accordance with the company’s 15% placing facility.

General Meeting will be held in the QV1 Conference Centre, Level 2 QV1 Building, 250 St. Georges Terrace, Perth, 4 00p.m. on Friday May 4.

ALCOA executive Shirley In’t Veld has been appointed chief executive officer of Western Australia’s biggest electricity generator, Verve Energy.

THE strong growth of Western Australian motor vehicle sales faltered in March, dropping to 8 per cent after an outstanding period in 2006, which continued early this year with double-digit percentage

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced amendments to its Policy Statement 159: Takeovers, compulsory acquisitions and substantial holding notices to incorporate its policy

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,761,905 ordinary shares (5.59%).

RAB Energy Fund Ltd increased its relevant interest from 12,490,000 ordinary shares (8.889%) to 24,640,000 ordinary shares (15.98%).

Peter Laurance decreased its relevant interest from 99,000,000 ordinary shares (29.61%) to 95,000,000 ordinary shares (28.33%).

Annual General Meeting will be held on May 25, 2007 in Vancouver, Canada. No further information given.

General Meeting will be held at at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, at 10.00am on May 4, 2007.

KERRY Stokes’ Seven Network Ltd has increased its stake in West Australian Newspapers by less than 1 per cent, taking advantage of last week’s implementation of reforms to media ownership laws.

EVERYBODY talks about ‘types’ of people in order to try and figure them out. Salespeople are all taught to mirror, model, and type their prospective customers. Big mistake.

WINE merchant and Wavenet chairman Mick Stroud is spearheading a $10 million initial public offering to develop a brewery on the site of his Jandakot bottling facility.

Anchorage Holdings Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Hermes Holdings Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 21,559,174 ordinary shares (13.49%) to 32,139,174 ordinary shares (17.504%).

Woodside Petroleum Ltd changed its relevant interest from 11,554,503 ordinary shares (10.49%) to 11,554,503 ordinary shares (9.33%).

Has been awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) contract for the development of the Tenke Fungurume Project, in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the

General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, on 30 April 2007 at 11.00am.

FORTESCUE Metals Group Ltd chief executive Andrew Forrest has added to his portfolio of executive roles by signing up with Subiaco-based nickel hopeful, Niagara Mining, as non-executive chairman, subj