Staff Reporters

FORUM West Newsagency in Mandurah has won the title of Australian Newsagent of the Year at a recent conference for the Australian Newsagents’ Federation.

RISK management consultant Farsands Solutions is the subject of an offer by Sydney-based environmental consultancy group Coffey International valued around $43.5 million.

AN innovative philanthropic idea is the inspiration behind ToolBox WA, a partnership formed between two local marketing professionals with experience in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector.

Proposed code: LAD Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Diamond exploration. Corporate: Send Fai Chan (chairman); Ross Kestel (non-executive director); John Terpu (non-executive director).

Richard Wood became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,000,000 ordinary shares (5.25%).

Hunter Hall Investment Management Ltd increased its relevant interest from 8,486,248 ordinary shares (7.90%) to 9,636,248 ordinary shares (8.96%)

Queste Communications Ltd increased its relevant interest from 12,770,803 ordinary shares (17.1530%) to 14,082,813 ordinary shares (18.9152%)

Has agreed to enter into an earn-in agreement to acquire 90 per cent of the gold rights in the Yerilla project from Minara Resources Ltd by spending $400,000 within three years.

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 (

HENRY Walker Eltin has become the second failed company in the past fortnight, following Sons of Gwalia, to confirm that shareholders will not recover any of their money.

Holiday Inn Burswood, to open in August, has appointed Terry Austen as rooms division manager and Simone Bajin as chef de cuisine.

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.

THE WA Interactive Virtual Environments Centre (iVEC) has announced that American company Silicon Graphics Inc will provide it with an Altix supercomputer.

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.

Those whose appetites are tickled by the tantalising taste of truffles can find the delicacies in specially prepared dishes at Star Anise, The Loose Box, Jackson’s and The Gala Restaurant.

Project delivery organisation Sinclair Knight Merz has appointed Philip Morgan as its new infrastructure manager in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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