Staff Reporters

Luke Duffy, former head of the National Australia Bank foreign currency options desk has pleaded guilty to three counts of dishonestly using his position as an employee in order to gain advantages for

Comings & Goings for WA's listed companies have been provided by the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.

Minerals Council of Australia chief executive officer Mitchell Hooke to speak at Cultural Heritage and Native Title 2005, April 19 to 21 at the Duxton Hotel.

Thorney Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Wythenshawe Pty Ltd and Associate increased its relevant interest from 4,476,060 ordinary shares (14.4%) to 6,078,620 ordinary shares (9.26%).

Has exchanged contracts for the purchase of Garden Town Shopping Centre, Toowoomba, Queensland, for a purchase price of $36.57 million plus acquisition costs.

A General Meeting will be held at 2:30 pm on 28 April 2005 at Level 5, 47 York Street, Sydney

Speech by Michael Carmody Commissioner of Taxation to the 20th National Tax Institute Conference, Perth, March 17, 2005 on corporate governance and tax, Part IVA and tax risk checklist.

Low-cost Telecommunications company Commoditel has recently appointed George Gelavis to its board of directors as chief executive and managing director.

LOCALLY based CopperCo, which is currently attempting a takeover of its WA counterpart Universal Resources, has issued more than 80.6 million shares in its scrip offer for Universal shares, taking the

Proposed code: AII Issue price: $0.25 Principal activities: Base metal explorer.

John Bruce Abernethy became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,721,000 ordinary shares (5.12%).

Commonwealth Bank of Australia decreased its relevant interest from 3,525,000 ordinary shares (10.32%) to 3,000,000 ordinary shares (8.78%).

Lodged response to ASX query.

Has issued and allotted 22,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares at an issue price of $1.20 per share.

PERTH-based Carey Mining, an indigenous owned and managed mining and civil contractor, was a finalist in two categories of the 2004 Corporate Leaders for Indigenous Employment Awards.

Rendezvous Observation City Hotel has appointed Guy Alessandro (right) to the position of director of sales and Cathy Turner (second right) to the position of marketing manager.

Author Peter Fitzsimons, Accolade Event Management founder Andrew Walsh, Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre chief executive Leigh Harry, Destination Marketing Services managing director Leila Fi

Mineral Commodities Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Skin-Plex Laboratories Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,555,348 ordinary shares (11.698%) to 5,090,000 ordinary shares (13.070%).

50,000 ordinary shares will be released from escrow on April 7, 2005.

A General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA on 22 April 2005 at 9.30am

Bulletin to inform tax practitioners of the most recent updates to ato.gov.au - March 16, 2005. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/56193.htm Published: March 17 2005

FOLLOWING its successful takeover offer for Western Australian nickel producer Reliance Mining, Consolidated Minerals has committed $10 million to fast tracking exploration and development of Reliance

Oil and gas fights for future

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

Equity Trustees Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Lim Arbitrage Asia Fund decreased its relevant interest from 18,932,540 ordinary shares (8.08%) to 16,428,860 ordinary shares (6.99%).

Is proposing to acquire 100% of the issued capital of Advanced Wound Care Pty Ltd.

Has completed a placement of shares to raise $1.2521 million. The issue price was $0.19 per share.

The Tax Office is calling for local volunteers to help with its annual Tax Help program. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/56396.htm Published: March 22 2005

Janine Wong has joined local marketing consultancy firm The Marketing Centre as a market analyst. Miss Wong has spent the past five years in the mining and hospitality industries.