Staff Reporters

RESOURCE contracting and development company GRD has announced the commencement of green energy production at its half-owned subsidiary Global Renewables Eastern Creek UR-3R facility in Sydney.

The Minerals Council of Australia has elected Xstrata Coal chief executive officer Peter Coates to the position of chairman of its board of directors.

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

Portfolio Partners Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 4,870,616 ordinary shares (6.97%) to 4,184,003 ordinary shares (5.93%).

Has entered into a Managed Services Agreement with West Australian based ZettaServe Pty Ltd for Zettaserve to maintain the existing mBox.com service owned by VPH.

Issues discussed: End to end activity statement processing, superannuation administration, role of the AWG. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/59918.htm Published: June 8 2005

LAST week, WA Business News incorrectly spelt the name of Perth Vita magazine editor, Loreta Cilfone.

Business advisory firm KD Johns & Co has promoted Marc Worley (top) to director and Nichola D’Monte to manager.

Proposed code: CAQ Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Commercialisation of EcoCell system of aquaculture production.

FMR Corp became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,482,806 ordinary shares (5.20%).

Wholly-owned subsidiary Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd, entered into a Farmin Agreement on 30 May 2005, with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australian Oil Company Ltd, where it will earn a 25% interest in the

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Former Tasmanian anti-discrimination commissioner Jocelynne Scutt to speak on Women and Workplace Mobbing: an issue for the 21st century for the Institute of Public Administration Australia (WA Divisi

Not everyone was filled with nostalgia when Boans Ltd closed its doors at 1pm on Saturday April 12 1986.

SALLY Malay Exploration (SME), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sally Malay Mining, has achieved a farm-in agreement with fellow local explorer Navigator Resources to earn a 70 per cent interest in Naviga

Edith Cowan University has appointed Associate Professor Cobie Rudd as head of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine.

Code: QFX Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Home entertainment and media.

Riverman Holdings Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,357,240 ordinary shares (11.7%) to 8,018,461 ordinary shares (12.7%).

Has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the Australian Government to support continued development and commercialisation of its Next Generation Explosive Detection system.

General Meeting will be held at 32 Parliament Place, West Perth at 9.00am WST on Thursday, 7 July 2005.

INTERNATIONAL health club company Fitness First Australia will open its fifth health club in Western Australia in September in Innaloo and possibly another two next year.

Currently ranked first in the WA Business News Book of Lists, list of architects, Hassell is well regarded for its leading edge education, resource, health and residential design.

IN a hotel lobby, I passed a seller and a buyer involved in a sales presentation.

Phang Cheng Kwang became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 10,616,188 ordinary shares (13.16%).

Company and its bid partner Oracle Corporation Australia have confirmed contracts for the supply of corporate services business systems to the Government of Western Australia.

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The 2005 Western Australian Engineering Awards have seen the biggest response in the history of the event, with 43 entries (29 projects) across all 11 categories.

PERTH’S architectural heritage received a major boost this week with the announcement of two initiatives designed to retain the city’s heritage among the infrastructure development currently under way

Business website solutions company Itomic has welcomed Robin Julius to its team. Mr Julius recently completed a computer science degree at Edith Cowan University.

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

Royce William Allen increased its relevant interest from 5,000,000 ordinary shares (15.2%) to 5,345,000 ordinary shares (16.3%).

Has reached agreement with Sally Malay Exploration Pty Ltd to allow Sally Malay to farm-in to Navigators 100% owned Wills Creek project in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.