Staff Reporters

PERTH-BASED housing lenders Home Building Society and Homeloans have reported vastly different results for the half-year to December.

JACQUELINE Raison has been made a partner of Blake Dawson Waldron and Rob Macdonald has joined the firm as a consultant.

ALINTA employees have helped drive a month-long fundraising program that has resulted in more than $188,000 for the Salvation Army’s tsunami aid relief work.

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Cleveland Cliff Australia Pty Ltd

Commonwealth Bank of Australiadecreased its relevant interest from 14,227,938 ordinary shares (9.58%) to 12,844,739 ordinary shares (8.65%).

Broadcast sent on February 14 2005 reminding tax practitioners that the option for quarterly GST clients to elect annual GST reporting for the 2005 financial year closes on Februa

A BID by the Woodside-led North West Shelf joint venture for a liquefied natural gas deal worth a total of $8 billion has failed.

Third time lucky? That is the kindest comment that can be offered to yet another attempt to revive the dream of WA having its own vanadium industry.

Australian Trade Commission regional director for the Americas Ian Wing to speak at The AUSFTA: What it Means for You, March 9 at Fraser’s Restaurant & Function Centre.

Golden Prospect Plcceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Consolidated Minerals Ltd & Consolidated Nickel P.L.

450,000 ordinary fully paid shares were released from escrow on February 18

Falcon Minerals Ltd - 14-Feb-05Polaris Metals NL - 11-Feb-05RMC Mining Corporation Ltd - 11-Feb-05

Has raised $700,000 through a private placement of 5,600,000 ordinary fully paid shares at an issue price of 12.5 cents per share

KEWDALE-BASED Supply Direct has celebrated its 10th birthday.

MELBOURNE company IWL is seeking to bring together the two largest players in the outsourced equities clearing and settlement business, both of which originated in Perth.

 HARTLEYS senior analyst Kevin Tomlinson is moving on, leaving Perth for London.

On Thursday March 17 the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia will host a breakfast with AWB Ltd managing director Andrew Lindberg, at the Kings Park Function Centre.

Euroz Ltdincreased its relevant interest from 6,000,000 ordinary shares (8.5%) to 7,380,000 ordinary shares (10.5%).

RBC Trustees (Gurnsey) Ltd (Cleveland Fund)

THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have released their joint draft debt collection guideline for public co

PERTH closely follows Melbourne for the incidence of holiday home ownership, with 8.8 per cent of households in Perth owning a holiday home, according to a recent BIS Shrapnel rep

YOUR mother said it best.

Consultant and author Kim Skildum-Reid to conduct sponsorship workshops for the Public Relations Institute of WA, March 2 to 3 at the Hyatt Regency Perth.

Commonwealth Bank of Australiaceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Mathews Capital Partners

Announce its intention to make a takeover bid for Sylvatech Limited and at the same time acquire certain assets from Environinvest Limited

Has exercised its option to acquire 80% of the Japa concession located in Ghana, West Africa.