Staff Reporters

Advises that 2,309,824 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow on March 29.

FORMER Alinta Ltd chairman John Poynton believes an opportunity to keep the business Western Australian-based has been lost, with the directors' decision to accept a $15 per share bid from Babcock & B

DEMAND for inner-city apartments in Perth appears to be growing year on year, with the latest Landgate figures revealing an average annual price growth of 14.8 per cent a year for the past five years.

Northern Mining Ltd has appointed Vince Roberts as exploration manager.

Provision of random drug and alcohol testing - Western Diagnostic Pathology - $282,150.00

RAB Energy Fund Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,531,666 ordinary shares (8.2%).

Touchdown Holdings Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 5,000,000 ordinary shares (8.46%) to 4,400,000 ordinary shares (7.45%).

Announce that it has completed a placement of 40,800,000 ordinary shares at A$0.32 per share to raise A$13,056,000, made to institutional clients of UK based Mirabaud Securities Ltd

NICKEL producer Sally Malay has appointed mining engineer Brian Phillips to the board as a non-executive director of the company.

IINET is set for a much bigger windfall from Telstra after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission last week advised the Perth-based ISP that the final price it was likely to force Telstra

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Oxiana Group increased its relevant interest from 149,288,390 ordinary shares (69.32%) to 158,217,914 ordinary shares (73.47%).

Advises that on 7 April 2007, 1,475,000 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow.

General Meeting will be held at Level 2, Claymore House, 63 Fort Street, Auckland, New Zealand, on Friday, 27 April 2007 at 10.00 am

THE invitation by State Scene columnist, Joe Poprzeczny, to comment on Peter Coyne's Wheatbelt desalination plan is appreciated (WA Business News, March 1).

The Tax Office has warned people about a fraudulent email being circulated that claims to offer a refund from the Tax Office http://www.ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/content/00095866.htm Pub

The Capital Group Companies Inc became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 16,100,000 ordinary shares (5.92%).

FMR Corp & FIL decreased its relevant interest from 48,492,965 ordinary shares (8.39%) to 40,061,252 ordinary shares (6.91%).

Advises that RCR Heat Treatment Pty Ltd (formerly trading as RCR Austheat Pty Limited) (“RCRHT”), a subsidiary of RCR, has received a letter of demand from Goldamere Pty Limited trading as Australian

FORMER City of Geraldton chief executive officer Rob Jefferies has been appointed to the Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance as Mid West liaison officer.

Yoke Yee Chang has joined Blake Dawson Waldron's commercial litigation group, having previously been with Tottle Partners Lawyers for the past four years.

Data management and recovery specialist SpectrumData has appointed Graham Farebrother as data centre manager. Mr Farebrother recently moved back to Australia after eight years overseas.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) is holding a business forum consisting of over 40 session and 35 speakers, covering a wide range of business topics and issues, May 9 and 10

Oxiana Group increased its relevant interest from 118,985,989 ordinary shares (55.25%) to 137,949,629 ordinary shares (64.05%).

Elixir Petroleum Ltd & Gawler Resources Ltd have announced an agree proposal to merge their businesses.

General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Monday 30th April 2007 at 10:00am.

EUROZ head of industrial research Tim Andrew has quit the Perth stockbroking group less than 18 months after taking on the job following a 16-year career with Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong and the USA.

Explains the transitional non-concessional super contributions cap and how to release excess non-concessional contributions made between May 10 2006 and December 6 2006.

J B & J I Skinner ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

St.Barbara Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Ariadne Australia Ltd increased its relevant interest from 9,672,402 ordinary shares (6.90%) to 15,672,402 ordinary shares (11.18%).

Has entered into an Agreement with Fairfax Digital, the online subsidiary of Fairfax Media Limited [ASX:FXJ] and Singapore based ANYTIME Pte Limited to act as the exclusive ISP promotional and billing