Staff Reporters

THE May balance of payments revealed a record $2.9 billion deficit in Australia, due partly to production decreases in Western Australia, this week 10 years ago.

BIOMEDICAL services developer Visiomed Group has announced that its opthalmic imaging system microEYE, developed in conjunction with Alternative Investment Market-listed CustomVis, has begun a clinica

Portbeam Holdings Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 9,408,320 ordinary shares (14.25%).

Range River Gold Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 8,250,000 ordinary shares

Laurence James Kiernan increased its relevant interest from 18,665,002 ordinary shares (39.43%) to 19,765,002 ordinary shares (40.81%)

Commenced trading and Crown Diamonds has become a subsidiary of Petra.

Announced final settlement of its acquisition of the Maud Creek Gold Project.

Construction of 1 x 4 bedroom single detached house & 3 townhouses, Harvey Tradesman Homes $573,810 Construction of 1 x 4 bedroom single detached house, Donnybrook Tradesman Homes $189,400

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

Peel Thunder chief executive officer Phil Clohesy has been appointed as general manager of ‘The Cut' golf course at Port Bouvard.

PORT Hedland Aboriginal street patrollers will have their skills upgraded as part of a $400,000 partnership between the State Government and mining giant BHP Billiton Iron Ore.

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

Matthew Wood became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,055,001 ordinary shares (5.4%).

Tennant Creek Gold Ltd increased its relevant interest from 30,669,226 ordinary shares (16.96%) to 46,003,839 ordinary shares (20.51%)

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

Istanbul Municipal Council has issued the renewal of the advertising permits in relation to the Lumacom installations atop of the Marmara Hotel in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey.

Private placements have been completed, following receipt of gross proceeds of approximately $3.015 million and the issue of 6.7 million fully paid ordinary shares at a price of 45 cents per share

Former IBM vice-president (global strategy) Nicholas Coutts to present an event in the Future Paradigms Series for the Australia – Israel Chamber of Commerce, July 21 at the Hyatt Regency Perth.

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.

MELBOURNE-BASED Traffic Technologies has acquired 10 per cent of the Warp Group with an option to acquire the balance.

INTERNATIONAL Goldfields (IGL) has been granted three new mining leases, at the company's wholly-owned Evanston project, located 150 kilometres north of Southern Cross in the Goldfields.

McNeil Nominees Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Gratedock Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 1,843,744 ordinary shares (5.7%)

Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd increased its relevant interest from 6,382,074 ordinary shares (5.01%) to 7,852,061 ordinary shares (6.16%)

Coffey International Ltd announced its intention to acquire all the shares and options of Farsands.

Announced a $42 million debt ledger purchase of Australian consumer credit debt from a major credit provider.

The Tax Office has today announced new effective lives for a range of depreciating assets. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/60614.htm Published: June 22 2005

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

The Returned Services League (RSL) evolved as a direct result of the camaraderie, concern and mateship shown by the ‘Diggers' for the welfare of their mates during and after the 1914-1918 war.

Proposed code: ACS Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Iron ore and gold explorer.

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