Staff Reporters

The rapid growth in tourists visiting The Great Southern's coastal towns of Albany and Denmark has prompted multi-million dollar investments in tourism projects.

 RUSSELL Holmes has joined ABN Amro Morgans in Perth as an investment manager.

A NON-INVASIVE test for iron overload disease developed by Western Australian biomedical company Resonance Health has received US Food and Drug Administrati

UK Government, UK Trade and Investment international oil and gas business and engineering directorate director Brian Gallagher to speak at the AustralAsian Oil and Gas Exhibition

ING Australia Holdings Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,203,397 ordinary shares (5.52%).

Bell IXL Nominees Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 3,552,636 ordinary shares (12.08%) to 3,870,554 ordinary shares (13.16%)

Accepted Sedimentary offer in respect of 69,354,367 NuStar shares which it owns.

Nominations are being called for the fourth Entrepreneur of the Year in Australia in the categories of retail, consumer and industrial products; services, including financial, bus

Mindax Limited has changed its contact details to:Suite 9, 57 Labouchere Road

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Central Exchange Limited increased its relevant interest from 2,140,000 ordinary shares (5.495%) to 2,640,000 ordinary shares (6.779%).

A general meeting will be held in the Grand Ballroom, Burswood Convention Centre, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood, Western Australia on Friday 18 February 2005 at 10.00 am.

Bunbury building company Perkins Builders has landed more than $12 million in Western Australian Government projects in the past week.

THE seasonally adjusted value of residential construction activity in Western Australia increased by $1 million (0.1 per cent) to $807 million between the June and September quart

Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of  90,600,684 ordinary shares (9.15%).

Mathews Capital Partners increased its relevant interest to 6.078%.

4,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 9 February 2005.

Has earned an option to participate in up to five wells to be drilled in Eagle Bay NL's PEL 182 in the Copper Basin.  Bounty can earn up to 5% in each well by contributing 10% to

An interest-free loan scheme has won the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Pie in the Sky award.

MURRAY Rosa has been appointed general manager and head of the Western Australian operation of Computer Sciences Corporation.

NAMAKWA Diamond Company has successfully applied for the Swartsand project, located between the towns of Springbok and Kleinzee, in South Africa.

Proposed code: SIMIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold and base metal exploration.

Skin-Plex Laboratories Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 2,140,000 ordinary shares (5.495%) to 2,640,000 ordinary shares (6.779%).

St Barbara Mines Limited decreased its relevant interest from 382,219,338 ordinary shares (38.61%) to 161,254,367 ordinary shares (16.29%).

Has reached agreement on the terms of a joint venture with Jindalee Resources Ltd covering tenements E39/990 and ELA39/1032, which adjoin the company's Kilkenny project in the nor