Staff Reporters

General Meeting will be held at Parmelia Hilton, Mill Street, Perth, Western  Australia on 31 March 2005 at 10.00 am.

The Roberts family has put up $50 million to indemnify Multiplex from any loss that emerges on the company’s Wembley stadium project. The family owns 26 per cent of Multiplex.

Proposed code: WGPIssue price: $0.25 plus free attaching options.

Mount Gibson Iron Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 13,500,000 ordinary shares (5.7%)

Cleveland Cliffs Australia P.L. increased its relevant interest from 3,658,449 ordinary shares (2.0812%) to 4,454,193 ordinary shares (2.5353%)

Barclays Group decreased its relevant interest from 14,811,628 ordinary shares (8.66%) to 12,475,140 ordinary shares (7.10%)

Lodged response to ASX query.

2,160,000 shares have been placed at 0.125 cents raising $270,000

A PRODUCTIVITY Commission staff working paper has found that Australia’s labour hire workforce has grown five-fold in the 12 years to 2002, with the changing industrial relations

SCHAFFER Corporation has reported a first half net profit of $6.7 million to December 31, down 34 per cent on the same period last year.

World champion marathon swimmer Shelley Taylor-Smith to conduct Champion Mindset workshops Reclaim Your Career & Business, April 6 at the Wembley Golf Course Fairway Tavern, a

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Portfolio Partners Ltd increased its relevant interest from 26,276,266 ordinary shares (9.62%) to 34,474,017 ordinary shares (10.77%)

Iiaifa Pty Ltdchanged its relevant interest from 24,133,333 ordinary shares (10.06%) to 27,704,762 ordinary shares (8.66%)

Offer under the prospectus dated 10 January 2005 closed over-subscribed. 

THE Australian Hotels’ Association WA has added two staff to its personnel.

The Western Australian Youth Music Association, founded in 1974, aims to offer quality musical experiences through unique performance and educational opportunities and to create a

Proposed code: ZBBIssue price: $0.50Principal activities: Develops and manufactures distributed energy storage solutions.

Oxus Gold Plc became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 30,000,000 ordinary shares ( 17.2%)

Cleveland Cliffs Australia P.L. increased its relevant interest from 3,476,153 ordinary shares (1.9786%) to 3,656,449 ordinary shares (2.0812%)

Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 22,267,632 ordinary shares (9.56%) to 19,643,799 ordinary shares (8.43%)

Advise that 146,00 ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 12 March 2005

Is to acquire The Gnamma Dam Nickel Project comprising 14 granted prospecting licences located 26kms east of Kalgoorlie

Has issued 4.95 million shares at $0.50 to vendors of Asia Iron Holdings Ltd for 9,000,000 shares in AIHL increasing MGX's holding from 54% to 61%.

DEVELOPER Cedar Woods has sold 60 per cent of apartments in their Nautilus apartment development in Rockingham.

WOODSIDE Energy has awarded a front-end engineering contract for the development of the Angel gas field off Karratha.

Austrade Australian Business Centre executive director (Taipei) Jeff Turner, Austrade market development specialist China Anne Cao, Austrade senior trade commissioner (Beijing) Ky