Staff Reporters

Professional Public Relations has appointed Kylie Bartlett and John Williams as senior consultants in the firm’s corporate investor relations division, working on clients such as LandCorp, RCR Tomlins

For use by companies, trusts, partnerships and funds to assist with completion of 2006 tax returns. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/72080.htm Published: July 10 2006

Hunter Hall Investment Management Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,500,000 ordinary shares (6.78%)

Goldman Sachs J B Were Group Holdings Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 10,576,307 ordinary shares (5.00%) to 12,697,839 ordinary shares (6.00%)

Advise that 3,000,000 restricted ordinary shares fully paid are due for release from ASX imposed escrow on 25 July 2006

A General Meeting will be held at the Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia on Tuesday, 8 August 2006, commencing at 11 am.

MALAGA-BASED Associated Shopfitters has won a national award for its fit-out of McDonald’s restaurant in Tuart Hill as part of a $1.2 million upgrade to the store.

Proposed code: MIN, Issue price: $0.90, Principal activities: mining services and processing, Corporate: Michael Kiernan (non-executive chairman), Peter Wade (executive director & managing directo

Patrick Warr has been appointed as a director of audit and corporate services at Bentleys MRI Perth. Mr Warr joined the firm in 2005 when Hall Chadwick merged with Bentleys MRI.

WELSHPOOL-BASED engineering company RCR Tomlinson Ltd has announced a 137 per cent increase in its net profit, a result that foreshadows an expected bumper year for Western Australian companies.

Austrade’s senior trade commissioner in Hong Kong Peter Osborne to speak as CCI’s ‘Doing business with China’ seminar and cocktail function, July 27 at the CCI Function Centre.

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

Rewards Group Ltd increased its relevant interest from 56,405,739 ordinary shares (12.1%) to 60,875,342 ordinary shares (13.1%)

Michael James and Sally Ann Calneggia decreased its relevant interest from 55,630,187 ordinary shares (14.91%) to 25,630,187 ordinary shares (6.87%)

Have signed a Term Sheet with Equine HealthCare ApS of Denmark (EHC). Sheet describes the establishment of a European Joint Venture company (Pulmovet ApS).

Burt Reynolds and Barbra Streisand are among the rich and famous to have spent some blissful time at Lake Taupo Lodge on the North Island of New Zealand.

Specialised furniture for expanding market sector of hospitality and aged care. Australia-wide offices and distribution. Turnover more than $8 million per annum.

Proposed code: GEM, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: diamond exploration, Corporate: Monty House (chairman); Les Field (technical director); Anthony Short (non-executive director); Peter Hwan

The Perth Convention Exhibition Centre has appointed Karen Teong as director of sales – corporate.

Acorn Capital Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Loxtomn Investment Trust, Loxton Nominees Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 111,666,667 ordinary shares (9.6%)

Vladimir Nikolaenko increased its relevant interest from 8,859,787 ordinary shares (6.59%) to 13,635,453 ordinary shares (9.83%)

Has entered into a Merger Implementation Agreement with Mega Uranium Ltd, a Canadian listed uranium company.

Has won the tender to provide paternity testing services to Legal Aid - Queensland. The contract is for a period of two years.

THE sale last week by Evans & Tate of its Griffith winery for more than $8 million, and the expected divestment of its Mildura production facility for around $22 million, will go a long way to put

Proposed code: PES, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: coal seem gas producer, Corporate: Robert William Day (non-executive chairman), Steve Beardsall (managing director), Terry Primeau (non-ex

Simon Taskunas, previously senior member of Freehills’ Perth projects group, has been appointed as special counsel of the firm’s Singapore operations.

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A list of key dates for tax agents for the period July–September 2006. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/76475.htm Published: July 6 2006

Andrew Kent and interests increased its relevant interest from 60,200,000 ordinary shares (46.44%) to 110,200,000 ordinary shares (60.31%)

Straits Resources Ltd increased its relevant interest from 87,040,160 ordinary shares (58.62%) to 88,549,338 ordinary shares (59.64%)

Has signed a Heads of Agreement with a multibillion US$ international oil and gas company with substantial construction capability and operations experience (the "farminee").