Staff Reporters

Legend Mining Limited changed its registered office to: Level 2 640 Murray Street Perth WA 6005 Phone (08) 9212 0600 fax (08) 9212 0611.

Proposed code: TLM Issue price: $0.20 Corporate: Ian Macpherson (non-executive chairman); Steven Elliott (managing director); Michael Hannington (non-executive director).

8-Nov-05 ABN Amro Bank JV became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 1,800,000 ordinary shares.

9-Nov-05 Advises that 2,050,000 ordinary fully paid shares shall be released from escrow on 23 November 2005.

10-Nov-05 Has signed a contract with the Australian Stem Cell Centre Ltd.

After more than 26 years driving trucks, long-distance driver Bill Hassett from Beechboro is the 2005 Dangerous Goods Safe Driver of the Year.

Wages growth and non-wage labour costs for small business have risen to their highest level in nine years, according to a survey by St George Bank and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Michael Malone, chief executive of Perth-based iiNet, Australia's third largest internet service provider, said today that the Federal Government must ensure Australians continue to have access to an open, fair and competitive telecommunications industry,

Resonance Health has announced the raising of $795,000 from a share purchase plan as well as the appointment of United States investment bank Montgomery Pacific Group as its US corporate advisors.

Steel door frame manufacturer JV Global has announced progress in negotiations with Indian company Shapoorji Palllonji & Co over a joint venture to establish a factory in India to manufacture steel building products.

An area of the Swan River used to dump harbour 'spoil' in the 1960s is slowly being rehabilitated with a mixture of government agency and private sector funding.

Business - US70c tipped for dollar - Cazaly shares rocket as big London bank signs on - ASIC warned about AbbeyVale's health

Olea Australis managing director Chris Perrott has resigned from the company, stating that he has substantially achieved his goal of restructuring the olive oil producer and that he now sought a fresh challenge.

Woodside Energy Ltd has awarded the Transfield Services and WorleyParsons Joint Venture a $700 million three-year engineering and maintenance contract for the WA oil and gas company's Australian owned and operated assets.

Collie business Agmaster was named as the 2005 Australia Post Western Australian regional small business of the year at the weekend.

Amid a hot market for uranium stocks, Leederville-based Fox Resources Ltd has sold its two holdings in this sector to focus on nickel, copper and zinc exploration.

Western Australia may be a beneficiary of a CSIRO decision to sell technology that removes phosphorous from water to Sydney-based IMT Holdings Ltd.

The West Australian finance: Wesfarmers has moved to make top executives across all business units more accessible to other parts of the business.

Siberia Mining called a trading halt late on Friday after telling investors in was in "confidential negotiations with a third party in relation to a significant transaction" after its share price movement was queried by t

Junior explorer Hannans Reward has lodged its prospectus to raise $3 million by way of a rights issue to fund further gold and nickel exploration in Western Australia.

Allied Gold Limited has placed 7,580,000 shares at an issue price of $0.40 per share to DRDGOLD Limited using its 15 per cent placement authority.

Neptune Marine Services Limited has secured a major upgrade in an existing contract to repair infrastructure at Cullen Bay marina in Darwin.

Solbec Pharmaceuticals Limited has announced its lead anti-cancer compound Coramsine has received orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Sherlock Bay Nickel Corporation Limited has announced that exploration drilling has commenced at its 100 per cent owned Sherlock Bay Nickel Project.

Orbital Corporation's 50:50 joint venture with Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation, Synerject, has signed a letter of intent with Bombardier Recreational Products US Inc for the purchase of BRP's engine management modules facility in Delavan, Wisconsin, US

Workers' compensation changes coming into effect today will have significant and immediate impact on employers and workplace practices, warns the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA.

Western Australian based advertisning agency 303 has been appointed by Queensland Health to implement a new nutrition advertising campaign closely following the strategy implemented in WA.

OM Holdings has reached conditional agreement for Bootu Creek Resources Pty Ltd to acquire Groote Eylandt Mining Pty Ltd's 25 per cent interest in the Bootu Creek Joint Venture, subject to execution of a binding sale and purchase agreement.

Shane Warne has signed a sponsorship deal with to be the voice of Messages on Hold, the Perth-based company which records hold messages for switchboards and has employed ambush marketing strategies to raise its profile.

GBS Gold International has declared its takeover bid for Northern Gold unconditional after the target's major shareholder accepted the offer.

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd advised that it has signed additional sales agreements representing an aggregate of 8 million tonnes per annum with a further six steel mills.

Minerals sampling equipment specialist Essa Australia has warned investors of an expected 31 per cent reduction in half year profit from the forecast released to the ASX in late August.