Staff Reporters

12-Jan-06 Investors Mutual Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

4-Jan-06 Cranport Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 1,600,246 ordinary shares (6.57%) to 1,322,200 ordinary shares (5.43%)

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General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, at 11.00am on Friday, 17 February 2006.

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Arup in Australasia is a leading consulting firm providing world-class engineering, design, planning and corporate advisory services.

LOCAL biotechnology company Rockeby Biomed Ltd has completed further distribution deals for its Avian bird flu diagnostics in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Proposed code: RIS Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: owner operator of bulk carrier vessels and provision of a wide range of services for the shipping industry.

16-Jan-06 Portfolio Partners Ltd & entities in the AVIVA plc Group became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 33,410,458 ordinary shares (5.07%)

16-Jan-06 Mark Pallister - The Pallister Family Trust decreased its relevant interest from 156,603,666 ordinary shares (44.0%) to ordinary 116,603,666 shares (33.0%)

Dr Bob Every has been appointed to the board of Wesfarmers Ltd.

18-Jan-06Has agreed, subject to conditions precedent, to acquire 100% of the Anwia South gold project through the acquisition of Nkroful Mining Limited.

General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, on Friday 24 February 2006 at 10.00am

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Prominent Carnarvon businessman Kevin Leahy has been appointed chairman of the Gascoyne Development Commission.Mr Leahy is a former member of Western Australia’s Legislative Assembly for the region an

Proposed code: GEM Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: diamond exploration.

16-Jan-06 Monarch Resources Ltd increased its relevant interest from 183,213,915 ordinary shares (89.6%) to 184,211,249 ordinary shares (90.1%)

Sarah Burke has been made a partner of Fiocco’s Lawyers. Ms Burke has been employed with the firm since its inception in December 2001.

19-Jan-06A fuel line repair contract in the Cocos Islands has been secured. The contract was awarded by a leading oil, gas, energy and shipping multinational.

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Dalyellup Middle School – Cost Management ServicesRalph Beattie Bosworth Pty Ltd: $231,660

AFTER 10 years of delays in development approvals, one of the biggest coastal residential renewal projects ever undertaken in Australia is under way, with work beginning this week on Australand’s Port

Employer confidence in Western Australia has weakened, despite a continuing strong economy underpinned by the resources boom in the state’s north-west, according to a recent employer confidence survey

13-Jan-06 Diamond Pacific Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of ordinary shares (%)

17-Jan-06 Westpac Nominees Ltd changed its relevant interest from 3,705,497 ordinary shares (14.71%) to 3,705,497 ordinary shares (11.69%)

Intellectual property commercialisation company, QPSX Ltd, has appointed former Amazon.com IP executive Jonathon Lawe Davies to its management team.

General Meeting will be held at 7-9 George Place, Artarmon, NSW, on Thursday, 2 March 2006 at 9.30 am

BoardDes Cousins - ChairmanRevd Bev FabbRevd Kevin DilksDonald NicholasRon PettapieceProfessor Colin BinnsMichael Van DrunenMarie YunckenGraham Spilcker Chris Hall – (CEO Wesley Mission Perth) Secreta

Alan Carpenter will be sworn in as Western Australia’s next premier on Wednesday, ending speculation as to who would succeed Dr Geoff Gallop in the state’s top job.The 49-year-old was elected unoppose

Proposed code: CPT Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: home trader. Corporate: Mark Freeman (non-executive chairman); John Day (managing director); Jason Davis (executive director).

13-Dec-05 Robert Alexander Douglas - Douglas Investment Fund increased its relevant interest from 18,250,000 ordinary shares (5.14%) to 22,000,000 ordinary shares (6.18%)

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