Staff Reporters

GAVIN Brown has been found guilty in the District Court of Western Australia on four charges of market manipulation, laid by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

 Nido Petroleum, has appointed four new members to its team.

On Wednesday March 16 the Committee for Economic Development of Australia will host a luncheon with Wesfarmers deputy managing director and chief financial officer Richard Goyder,

Barclays Group ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

UBS Nominees P.L. increased its relevant interest from 11,572,144 ordinary shares (9.88%) to 16,988,448 ordinary shares (14.42%)

Kurana Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 7,279,970 ordinary shares (6.40%) to 6,198,601 ordinary shares (5.45%)

Take over offer by Consolidated Minerals Ltd & Consolidated Nickel P.L. free of all conditions.

Settlement was completed on 18 February 2005 for the acquisition of Island Gateway Caravan Park, Airlie Beach, Queensland

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

Consulting and Technology firm Change Corporation has recently appointed Rob Evans as Managing Director.  Mr Evans joined the board in 2003 as practice director.

ORBITAL Corporation says order timing issues are responsible for a net loss of $1.5 million for the half year to December 31.

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

Howard Park is offering a vertical tasting featuring a decade of riesling.

Geoffrey Wedlock has been appointed managing director of Grange Resources Limited. He replaces Adam Rankine-Wilson, who remains an executive director of the company.

Sirolli Institute chief executive officer Ernesto Sirolli, National Economics Melbourne principal economist Dr Craig Shepherd, and Austrade chief economist Tim Harcourt to speak a

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 City of Perth has expressed concern over the redevelopment of the old East Perth power station site.

COVENTRY Group, involved in distribution of automotive parts and industrial products as well as manufacturing of bitumen and gaskets, posted a net profit result of $9.7 million th

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%)