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Avoca Resources Ltd General Meeting will be held at the Celtic Club Inc, 48 Ord Street, West Perth 6005 at 10am on Monday, 25 th July 2005. Fast Scout Ltd

Former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Allan Fels to deliver the Reid Oration 2005, for the Institute of Advanced Studies and the Institute of Public Administration Australia (

Mel Ashton has retired from chartered accountants and business reconstruction specialists PPB to take over one-on-one business mentoring program Mentoring Services for Business (MS4B).

CMA Corporation has launched an IPO offer of 22.5 million shares at 40 cents a share, in order to raise $9 million.

DIAMOND miner Striker Resources has completed set-up of a second diamond processing plant to process a tailings stockpile at its wholly-owned Merlin diamond project in the Northern Territory.

Proposed code: WTR Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Expanding water market for the treatment and purification of potable and waste water.

Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,886,146 ordinary shares (5.04%).

Kolsen Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 13,605,427 ordinary shares (5.8414%) 16,885,470 to ordinary shares (7.248%)

Aurora Gold (W.A.) Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 8,750,000 ordinary shares (14.63%) to 0 ordinary shares (0%)

Has successfully renegotiated the terms of the Heads of Agreement and subsequently agreed to acquire 80% of Somirelco.

Jun 2005. Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No.3) Bill 2005 was passed by the Senate on 20 June 2005.

PEARLSTREET Energy Services has acquired Melbourne firm ETRS in a move that triples the size of its business.

Deloitte has appointed three new partners to its practice, bringing the number of partners in Perth to 20.

Woodside Petroleum awarded Australia's biggest engineering, modification and maintenance contract to the Worley and Transfield Holdings groups.

Proposed code: RVR Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gold, silver, copper, nickel, tin and tantalum exploration.

Fmr Corp became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,750,000 ordinary shares (6.86%).

Anchorage Holdings Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 14,250,000 ordinary shares (5.13%)

Entrust Private Wealth Management Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,094,500 ordinary shares (10.57%) to 6,314,000 ordinary shares (13.28%)

Has entered into a farm-in joint venture agreement with West Africa Gold Exploration (Namibia) P/L (WAGE), in respect to the mineral rights on the Husab EPL 3138 located in Namibia.

Sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Medical Products Group to Advance Healthcare Group Ltd has been completed.

KPMG Forensic partner Gary Gill, to speak on Fraud Control and Prevention in the Public Sector for the Institute of Public Administration Australia (WA Division), July 20 at the Novotel Langley Hotel.

EMPLOYERS in Western Australia are struggling to source skilled permanent staff and are turning to contractors to fill the void, according to the latest Hudson Report employment expectations figures.

The Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) has appointed Kelly Dewar-Matusik as business development manager. Ms Dewar-Matusik was previously senior account manager with Océ Australia.

ANVIL Mining has confirmed its intention to vigorously defend any inference or allegation that it had knowledge of, or provided assistance to, the Democratic Republic of Congo armed forces in the comm

MOUNT Gibson Iron has announced an agreement with Shougang Holding Hong Kong, a subsidiary of China's fourth largest steel maker, to jointly develop the extensive magnetite iron ore resources at Mt Gi

Proposed code: CDZ Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gold, silver and metal based projects.

Dean Scook became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 91,304,146 ordinary shares (14.89%).

Hamwrex Nominees Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 56,800,093 ordinary shares (73.73%) to 58,200,093 ordinary shares (75.55%)

Commonwealth Bank of Australia decreased its relevant interest from 25,508,826 ordinary shares (8.04%) to 22,009,826 ordinary shares (6.94%)

Aspen Parks Property Fund has acquired Twofold Bay Beach Resort, Eden, NSW for $7.8 million.

A guide for tax agents who lodge their clients tax returns and other tax forms electronically. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/ELSTaxAgentGuide2000.htm Published: June 23 2005

The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce presents the first event in its Future Paradigms Series on July 21 at the Hyatt Regency Perth.