Staff Reporters

GHD has recently appointed for new executives to its Perth team. Craig Muir has been appointed as service group manager architecture.

Resourceful events is organising a two day forum intended for executives and their personal assistants, November 29 and 30 at The Duxton Hotel.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,046,164 ordinary shares (7.08%).

Mount Gibson Iron Ltd increased its relevant interest from 445,188,323 ordinary shares (39.35%) to 464,169,174 ordinary shares (41.03%).

UBS Nominees Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 11,291,474 ordinary shares (8.79%) to 9,146,940 ordinary shares (6.85%).

Announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Nordic Biotech Advisors.

Announced the raising of $1.95M through the placement of` 16.25M shares at 12 cents

Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 28 November 2006 2pm, Stirling Room, Parmelia Hilton Hotel, 14 Mill Street, Perth, Western Australia

GROWERS remain cautious about how to market this year's wheat crop, according to WA grain handler CBH Group, with figures indicating that more than 70 per cent of total tonnages received so far this h

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Commonwealth Bank Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Polaris Metals NL became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 10,000,001 ordinary shares (25%).

Wesfarmers Ltd increased its relevant interest from 140,736,997 ordinary shares (95.01%) to 143,912,868 ordinary shares (97.15%).

Has unanimously recommended acceptance of 0.81 cent per share offer from Eskdale Petroleum

Announced an agreement to acquire a 70% beneficial and legal interest in Westralian Gas and Power Ltd's Greenough Block for $150,000.

Has completed an $82 million equity raising, undertaken by institutional placement. Under the offer 20 million new shares were placed at an issue price of $4.10

WOODSIDE Petroleum Ltd delivered its second production downgrade for the year, despite a bullish outlook beyond the current period.

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Proposed code: IAW, Issue price: $0.50, Principal activities: provision of legal funding and support services, Corporate: John Dawkins (non-executive chairman), Thomas Henn (managing director), Anne

Professional Public Relations (PPR) has recently expanded its Perth team with nine new appointments and one internal promotion.

Graham Seldon, director of Melbourne executive recruitment firm Seldon Gill Consulting, to speak at an APSMA seminar on communications vs.

Almost half of Western Australian homebuyers will do so without a partner even though affordability remains low, according to a survey.

Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has requested a clarification on the story we ran on Wednesday regarding her position on taxi plates buy back.

In the latest move to alternative forms of energy provision, the state government will call for expressions of interest from companies wanting to pursue geothermal energy projects, Premier Alan Carpenter announced this morning.

Western Australian Training minister Ljiljanna Ravlich will not attend a meeting of state and federal training ministers to discuss progress in improving training schemes, so she can face question time.

Perth's housing boom continues to defy national trends with prices jumping just over 10 per cent in the September quarter, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Argonaut Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 6,757,500 ordinary shares (8.72%).

Cambrian Mining Plc increased its relevant interest from 17,166,667 ordinary shares (4.10%) to 25,916,667 ordinary shares (6.07%).

A General Meeting will be held at the the South of Perth Yacht Club on the 11 th December, 2006 at 10.30am.

WESTERN Australia's junior iron ore sector has received considerable attention of late with the sale of a 19.9 per cent stake in Mt Gibson to Russian resources giant Metalloinvest, while Sundance Reso