Staff Reporters

The second annual Western Australia Power and Gas conference will be held from Wednesday April 27 to Friday April 29 at the Duxton Hotel.

As he moves into the role of professional director, outgoing Wesfarmers boss Michael Chaney enthralled an audience of 750 people this week on everything from IR to shareholder returns. He was interviewed on stage by Mark Pownall.

HANCOCK Prospecting has reached an out-of-court settlement with its Pilbara Hope Downs project’s South African joint venture partner, Kumba Resources.

WA-BASED gold mining junior Cougar Metals has acquired the gold development project, Alta Floresta, in the northern part of Mato Grosso State in central west Brazil.

Code: ZBB Issue price: $0.50 Principal activities: Develops and manufactures distributed energy storage solutions.

FMR Corp became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 26,159,907 ordinary shares (5.35%).

AMP Ltd increased its relevant interest from 16,043,328 ordinary shares (6.39%) to 19,110,377 ordinary shares (7.61%).

Jungle Creek Gold Mines Pty Ltd. changed its relevant interest from 26,552,795 ordinary shares (24.21%) to 27,787,896 ordinary shares (23.18%).

Has settled on the purchase of Garden Town Shopping Centre, Toowoomba, Queensland.

Souls Private Equity Limited will make a 15% investment in the expanded issued capital of MPA by subscribing for $2.1 million worth of MPA shares in two tranches.

SALGAS director Andy Bowler to present Oil and Gas Pipeline Economies training course for IIR Conferences, April 18 to 20 at the Mercure Hotel.

Anvil Mining NL non-executive director Lance Tigert has passed away. Peter Jones has resigned as chairman of Arc Energy Limited; the company has appointed Emma Stein as a non-executive director.

Surf lifesaving in Western Australia began with the opening of Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club in 1909. In 1916 the State’s second club opened at North Cottesloe.

Proposed code: ARW Issue price: $1.00 Principal activities: Biodiesel production.

Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 5,892,983 ordinary shares (5.40%).

Island Australia Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,159,668 ordinary shares (6.447%).

Cleveland Cliffs Australia Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 128,546,631 ordinary shares (73.1661%) to 138,177,189 ordinary shares (79.21%).

Has entered an agreement with Eastern Star Gas Ltd to farm out a 60% interest in the recently renewed Gunnedah Basin Petroleum Exploration Licence.

Has signed and executed the "Mt Windarra Asset Sale and Purchase Agreement" with WMC Resources, who have paid the $1.5M deposit.

This section covers your obligations and record keeping requirements for fuel ethanol. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/55231.htm Published: April 4 2005

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia is holding a seminar covering the changes that have taken place in the last tax year, on Friday April 22 at the City West Function Centre.

AS a number of Australian businesses have discovered in recent years, while doing business with China can be highly rewarding, it can also be problematic.

AUSTRALIAN Stock Exchange-listed oil and gas junior Tomahawk Energy has commissioned its first oil well for commercial production in Oklahoma, in the US.

Code: WGP Issue price: $0.25 plus free attaching options. Principal activities: Coal seam methane gas exploration.

Bayonet Investments Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Intercorp Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 3,629,090 ordinary shares (8.9%) to 4,778,390 ordinary shares (11.7%).

Trans Global Trust increased its relevant interest from 7,842,927 ordinary shares (16.35%) to 8,992,927 ordinary shares (17.89%).

Has finalised a farm in and joint venture agreement with Great Gold Mines NL to explore for base metals (excluding nickel and cobalt) and rare metals including tantalum/niobium on the Erayinia Project

Has executed a formal agreement with Teck Cominco Australia Pty Ltd ("Teck Cominco") whereby (i) Teck Cominco will subscribe for $300,000 worth of Avoca shares at a price of 31 cents.

Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance chief executive officer Joan Fitzpatrick, Bateman Chapman (Australia) managing director Bill Green, Commercial QBE Insurance (Australia) g

The State Government has announced the establishment of a Major Governments Projects Taskforce, which is viewed as a major step in achieving a co-ordinated approach to the revital