Staff Reporters

WA councillors: Wayne Osborn, Alcoa (also board member), Michael Chaney- NAB, Adrian Fini- Mirvac Fini, Russell Gibbs- Hawaiian Management Group, Richard Goyder- Wesfarmers, Janet Holmes a Court AO- H

The 2006 Harold Clough lecture and luncheon, hosted by the Institute of Public Affairs, is to be held on September 6 at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre.

Platinum Asset Management Ltd - Platinum International Fund became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,000,000 ordinary shares (5.56%).

Acorn Capital Ltd changed its relevant interest from 12,630,005 ordinary shares (13.85%) to 13,222,505 ordinary shares (11.70%) - Dilution due to issue.

Announce the signing of an agreement for the sale of its mineral drilling business, DrillCorp Limited (DrillCorp), to Boart Longyear for A$134 million (before completion adjustments and transaction co

A General Meeting will be held at Level 2, 45 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, at 10.00am on Thursday, 21 September 2006.

THE founder of animal drug company Chemeq Ltd, Dr Graham Melrose, has retired as a non-executive director. Dr Melrose had been involved with Chemeq since it was founded in 1989.

Proposed code: SHX, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: gold and base metals exploration, Corporate: David G Netherway (CEO), Alexander Burns (non-executive chairman), Robert Cornelius (non-exec

L7 Solutions has appointed a new Perth senior management team, including John Kara as general manager innovation and solutions and previous The Net Effect managing director, Glenn McAtee, as general m

Supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a high performance liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) - Agilent Technologies Australia: $96,256.00

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of I

Redbrook Nominees Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 8,807,038 ordinary shares (17.49%) to 9,426,981 ordinary shares (18.72%).

Perpetual Ltd and subsidiaries decreased its relevant interest from 6,954,657 ordinary shares (8.53%) to 5,778,096 ordinary shares (7.08%).

Announce the successful completion of a capital raising of in excess of $12 million at 2.6 cents per share,managed by Bell Potter Securities Limited.

THE Australia-Indonesia Business Council has appointed David Edwards as board chairman.

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Proposed code: VMS, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: mining and exploration, Corporate: Mel Ashton (non-executive chairman), Andrew Radonjic (managing director), Kent Hunter (non-executive di

• AFT Corporation Lt - Douglas Wood has resigned as chairman and director, however will remain as non-executive chairman of the board.

Xavier Amador, forensic expert in some of the most notable US court cases and professor in clinical psychology at Columbia University in New York, to speak at a UWA Extension seminar on forensic scien

FMR Corp. and FIL became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 53,923,318 ordinary shares (5.17%).

Laurence James Kiernan increased its relevant interest from 3,565,000 ordinary shares (13.23%) to 7,565,000 ordinary shares (21.04%).

Name change to ABM Resources NL - New code is ABU.

An Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at Level 2,QV1 Building,250 St George ’s Terrace, Perth, on 19 September 2006 at 3:00 pm

WE write with regard to the article titled ‘CCI kicks up a stink over waste treatment’ (WA Business News July 29 2006).

Proposed code: NMI, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: mineral exploration, Corporate: Alan Lockett (executive chairman), Nathan McMahon (non-executive director), Ali Susanto (non-executive dir

Justin Baker has been appointed operations manager at Mansells Car Carriers. Mr Baker, formally of Toll/Autotrans, has over 10 years experience in the transport industry.

This fact sheet provides information about changes to the excise system resulting from tariff reform. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/74122.htm Published: August 23 2006

Rosepoint Capital Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 87,677,219 ordinary shares (9.43%) to 105,428,923 ordinary shares (11.34%).

Nicholas A Curtis decreased its relevant interest from 20,656,478 ordinary shares (8.89%) to 23,656,478 ordinary shares (6.31%).

Have placed to clients of Cunningham Securities, 20 million options exercisable at $0.10 each on or before december 31, 2012.

AUSTRALIA’S leading independent oil and gas company, Woodside Petroleum, has launched a $1.2 billion takeover bid for US oil and gas producer Energy Partners.

Importer and supplier of industrial work wear to construction, mining, industrial markets and government sectors. Specialist in the industry. Murray Brown: 9481 4422 GMO WA’s Business Broker