Staff Reporters

THE City of Fremantle has decided to approve building licenses independently from planning approvals starting March 1, in a bid to improve turnaround times.

Mar 2007. The Tax Office has released Taxpayer Alert TA 2007/1 - Lease by a charitable institution to an associated endorsed charitable institution designed to gain input tax credits.

Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Eskdale Petroleum Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 157,873,770 ordinary shares (78.71%) to 160,766,124 ordinary shares (80.16%).

Advise that 3,388,291 fully paid ordinary shares are due for release from escrow on 29 March 2007.

SUBIACO-BASED Paladin Resources Ltd last week denied that its takeover bid for Perth-based Summit Resources Ltd was motivated by a current legal dispute between the two companies.

Westcare has appointed John Henry as sales executive of its print division. Mr Henry’s 20 years of sales experience will assist him in his primary focus on developing sales for Westcare Print.

The American Chamber of Commerce is hosting a luncheon with Dome Coffees founding director Patria Jafferies as guest speaker, March 28 at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel.

Oxiana Agincourt Holdings Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 43,060,000 ordinary shares (19.9%).

Dundee Corporation changed its relevant interest from 6,776,021 ordinary shares (10.53%) to 7,789,737 ordinary shares (8.74%).

Has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Citronen Zinc Project (Citronen) in Greenland.

STEVE Pretzel will remain in the IT game following the sale of the web business he founded more than 10 years ago to advertising agency 303 Group last week.

Westcare provides people with disabilities quality employment and training in printing, cardboard box making, industrial packaging, safety goods manufacturing and food packaging.

Don Kyle - WAIS Baseball. 14 years as coach

Omers Administration Corporation increased its relevant interest from 2,846,400 ordinary shares (5.02%) to 3,457,000 ordinary shares (6.09%).

Announces that 1,625,000 fully paid ordinary shares will cease to be restricted securities as from 16 March 2007.

OSBORNE Park-based Structural Monitoring Systems plc achieved a significant breakthrough last week, after aircraft manufacturer Boeing accepted the use of its in-flight crack detection technology as a

David Walls has joined GHD as project director process and mining.

Ruth P Stevens, business to business marketing strategist and professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, to speak at a web seminar organised by the Australian Direct Marketing Ass

Hoseph Kaal ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Samuel Terry Asset Management Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 3,656,977 ordinary shares (7.38%) to 4,306,597 ordinary shares (8.64%).

Has been refused leave to call key witnesses to testify before the judicial review of the Minister’s decision to terminate application E46/678 (Shovelanna Tenement), pursuant to section 111A of the Mi

REGULAR readers will know that The Note likes to poke a bit of fun every now and again, so it seems only fair to give a plug for some local laughs.

Equigold NL - Morgan Hart has been appointed as executive director following the resignation of Glyn Evans. Fairstar Resources Ltd - Nigel Maund has resigned as executive director.

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Oxiana Group increased its relevant interest from 43,060,000 ordinary shares (19.99%) to 62,507,963 ordinary shares (29.02%).

Washington Resources Ltd changed its relevant interest from 10,000,001 ordinary shares (25.0%) to 10,000,001 ordinary shares (21.74%).

Announce the placement of 32,909,088 fully paid ordinary shares at a price of 1.1 cents per share.

ASX code: PUN, Issue price: $0.20, First days close: $0.265, Principal activities: gold and base metals exploration, Corporate: Craig Munro (chairman), Peter Andrews (executive director), Graham Ander

Use this form if you need to notify the commissioner of taxation of your entitlement to claim a GST refund.

Western Australia's employers are the most confident in the nation while job advertising remains as buoyant as ever, with several surveys released today showing the boom is still rolling on.

BHP Billiton Ltd has resumed mining activities at its Pilbara iron ore operations, with the company's port operations expected to reopen today after the passing of tropical cyclone Jacob.