Staff Reporters

Linda Hohol, president of Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange and senior vice-president Kevan Cowan, to speak at the third Offshore Capital Raising for the Resources Industry Conference, October 1

Vernon Wesley Strange; Goldmark Investments Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

SG Growth Equities Ltd increased its relevant interest from 10,195,104 ordinary shares (11.97%) to 11,047,436 ordinary shares (12.97%).

Annual General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, on Friday 20 October 2006, at 10.00am.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd director Charles Goode has increased his indirect interest in the company by acquiring 15,000 shares at a value of $555,900.

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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

THE deadline to buy a 99-year lease on Perth Airport closed this week, ten years ago, with at least two local consortiums bidding, including investment bank Hellman & Friedman with BankWest and San Fr

What can I do if I don't agree with a Tax Office decision or action? http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/77807.htm Published: September 26 2006

Western Australia's strong economy has produced an extraordinary fall in the state's unemployment rate to less than 4 per cent, a level many economists thought would never be reached.

Westpac Banking Corp increased its relevant interest from 46,434,169 ordinary shares (5.43%) to 55,811,734 ordinary shares (6.53%).

Announce a further significant acquisition in the Sydney CBD, The Windsor On Kent is a four star boutique apartment complex located at 363 Kent Street.

Annual General Meeting will be held at Ground Floor, 8 Colin Street, West Perth, at 11.00am on 24 October 2006.

UNDERSTANDING the business culture in the United States and avoiding approaching it as a single consumer market increases Australians' chances of business success in the world's largest economy, accor

Proposed code: AHN, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: nickel and gold exploration, Corporate: Edmond Edwards (executive chairman & company secretary), Donald Thomson (executive director), Shan

Commercial cleaning franchise, Jani-King, has appointed Geoff Samuels as regional manager, to drive its WA operations and assist the company in achieving its goal of $100 million in annual billings by

Case study. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/18228.htm Published: September 27 2006

AVIVA Corporation and ERM Power have announced they will conduct a joint pre-feasibility study on a 400-megawatt coal-fired power station in the Mid West region of WA.

Siva Ananda Rajah became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,500,000 ordinary shares (6.26%).

Mount Gibson Iron Limited extends the closing date for the offer to October 6, 2006

Annual General Meeting will be held at Pukekawa Room, Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, on Friday September 29 at 11.00am.

TO awards of a stickier nature, and Simmo's Icecreamery Dunsborough has been crowned 2006 grand champion in the dairy awards at the Perth Royal Show.

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Proposed code: OVR, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: nickel copper exploration, Corporate: Michael Haynes (chairman), Hugh Bresser (managing director), Matthew Wood (director), Timothy Flavel

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SUBIACO-BASED biopharmaceutical company, Phylogica Ltd, has launched a share placement and share purchase plan to raise a total of $3.75 million to help fund its drug discovery projects.

Antofagasta PLC increased its relevant interest from 49,143,914 ordinary shares (98.48%) to 49,665,228 ordinary shares (99.52%).

Announce they have reached an in-principle agreement with Hartleys Limited for a placement of 25,000,000 ordinary shares at an issue price of A$0.06 to sophisticated clients of Hartleys Limited

HARDMAN Resources Ltd received a friendly $1.47 billion takeover bid by Irish company, Tullow Oil on Monday.

THE WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry claims the state government is missing a chance for long-overdue tax relief in spite of excessive revenue flows, which are pushing it to another record budget s

ASX code: THR, Issue price: $0.20 per CDI, First day's close: n/a, Principal activities: mineral exploration and development, Corporate: John W Barr (executive chairman), John Young (CEO), Mark Smyth

Proposed code: UOG, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: mineral exploration, Corporate: Dr Zhukov (Zeke) Pervan (chairman), William Edwin Bannister (managing director), John Karajas (director),