Staff Reporters

Commonwealth Bank of Australia changed its relevant interest from 7,614,020 ordinary shares (8.98%) to 16,379,215 ordinary shares (7.61%).

S G Hiscock & Co Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 11,794,563 ordinary shares (7.09%) to 10,830,716 ordinary shares (5.27%).

Government of the Republic of Uganda Hardman and its co-venturer Tullow Oil plc, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to future investment plans and licence obligations for Block 2.

Annual General Meeting will be held at at Ground Floor, 117 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, Western Australia at 10am WST on Thursday, 2 November 2006.

Annual General Meeting will be held in the King St Room, Rydges Hotel, corner of King and Hay Street, Perth WA 6000 at 10.00am Thursday, 16 November 2006

Annual General Meeting will be held at Level 1, 43 Ventnor Avenue, West Perth on Wednesday 29 November 2006 commencing at 11:00 am.

THE University of Western Australia has secured almost $17 million of funding for the next five years, making it the most significant recipient of allocations to WA universities from the Australian Re

Proposed code: EYE, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: nickel, gold base metals exploration, Corporate: Wayne Ryder (executive chairman & company secretary), Warren John Staude (non-executive d

Proposed code: BNL, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: gold silver exploration, Corporate: Michael Hunt (non-executive chairman), Noel Taylor (managing director), Andrew Parker (non-executive d

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Dr Chonchanok Viravan, international president of Business and Professional Women, to speak at the organisations 60th Birthday Conference, October 21 at the Broadwater Resort Como.Dr Thomas Barlow, fo

Creekwood Nominees Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 8,000,000 ordinary shares (14.1%).

RMB International (Dublin) Ltd increased its relevant interest from 10,382,903 ordinary shares (6.36%) to 11,131,238 ordinary shares (7.01%).

Scheme of Arrangement will take effect on 25 October 2005

Signed a letter of intent for the proposed acquisition of Darwin-based offshore marine services business Territory Diving Services for $3 million cash and scrip plus a performance based earn-out

Annual General Meeting will be held at First Floor, The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia on Thursday 9 November 2006 at 5:30 pm

Annual General Meeting will be held at will be held on Friday , 24 Novem b e r 2006 at 3.00 pm at the The Med i t e r r a n e a n Res ta u r a n t , The Cut Golf Cl u b , 79 Cou n t r y Cl ub Drive, D

North Korea last week brought the world's group of nuclear armed powers to eight members, when it conducted an underground nuclear weapons test.

Established 1976 and has expanded to become one of WA's largest importers and wholesalers of new and secondhand machinery – including generators, compressors, forklifts, pumps, air-conditioning, racki

Proposed code: MZM, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: gold and base metals exploration, Corporate: Denis O'Meara (chairman), Justin Brown (managing director), Terry Grammer (director), Ian (In

Knight Frank has appointed three new managers to its rapidly expanding property management division.

This information is a general overview about fuel tax credit for potential new fuel tax credit clients.http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/79447.htmPublished: October 11 2006

Goldfields ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

FMR Corp. and FIL became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 29,599,900 ordinary shares (5.40%).

Consolidated Minerals Ltd increased its relevant interest from 8,000,000 ordinary shares (11.42%) to 8,905,150 ordinary shares (12.71%).

Has signed a farm-out agreement with Spalding Ltd for the company's Sacu gold/copper Project, located in the “Golden Quadrilateral” area of Romania

Has firm commitments for the placement of 18,000,000 shares to sophisticated investors at 1.5 cents per share to raise a further $270,000 for working capital purposes.

Annual General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia on 15 November 2006 at 11.00am

Annual General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia on 23 November 2006 at 9.00am

TO celebrate the 40th anniversary of mining iron ore in Western Australia, JazzWA has commissioned a 20-piece orchestra jazz suite that celebrates the social fabric, ancient landscape and history of o

Proposed code: OZB, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: microbrewing, Corporate: Terry Creasey (non-executive chairman), Trevor Pugh (managing director), David Ah Chee (non-executive director),

Proposed code: IDM, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: mineral exploration, Corporate: Jeremy Shervington (non-executive chairman), Michael Brickell (deputy chairman), Philip Garratt (executive