Staff Reporters

Announced the completion of a $3.6 million placement to institutional and professional investors together with a $4.4 million rights issue to all shareholders, amounting to a tota

PETER Cassidy from East Fremantle has become the inaugural recipient of the University of Notre Dame Australia's Master of Business Administration scholarship.

A story in the November 11 edition of WA Business News, ‘MDA Insurance lifts its returns', named the CEO of MDA National as Peter Smith. His name is Peter Forbes.

 NCS Corporate Property Consultants has appointed Rocco Demaio as associate director of industrial sales and leasing.

VETERINARY health company Imugene has been granted a key patent in Japan for the product that is the basis of its poultry vaccines.

Author of Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps and body language expert Allan Pease, sales coach and leading speaker on selling, negotiating and sales management Wayne B

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Portfolio Partners Limited ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Equity Trustees Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,028,758 ordinary shares (6.21%) to 12,419,894  ordinary shares (7.87%).

Lodged response to ASX query.

AN online service has been introduced to allow company auditors and authorised audit companies to comply with some new and existing reporting requirements that have come from the

THE Department of Land Information has won an $11.3 million contract as part of a joint venture to provide land administration and environmental services in Vietnam.

 CONSOLIDATED Minerals managing director Michael Kiernan has resigned from the board of Austral Coal Limited.

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Thorney Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of  12,500,000 ordinary shares (7%).

Redsummer Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 9,626,402 ordinary shares to  9,555,402 ordinary shares.

Have reached agreement with Heron Resources Ltd whereby Yilgarn can earn a 70% interest in the mineral rights held by Heron in respect of twelve Prospecting Licenses in the Kanown

Announced a $7 million capital raising through a placement of shares to a range of Australian institutional and sophisticated investors.

The purpose of this document is to inform the Education community of the December 2004 Activity Statement lodgement deferral decision.

 The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of

CHRISTINE Kane is the new marketing and sales manager of Diabetes Australia Western Australia.

An unusual war of words has been sparked between Clough Limited and Origin Energy Resources Limited over the BassGas project with the companies trading Australian Stock Market ann

California Institute of Technology professor and author of Out of Gas - The End of the Age of Oil David Goodstein, to speak at Oil Depletion – Choices and Challenges, January 17 a

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Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd increased its relevant interest from 246,830,000 ordinary shares (58.7%) to 306,880,203 ordinary shares (63.9%).

Has entered into a joint venture with Meteoric Resources NL on tenements EL10370, ML C57, and ML C217 - C224, the“Barkly Tenements”.

Lodged response to ASX query.

Has reached in-principle agreement with Hartleys to place 12 million shares at 59 cents per share to raise approximately $7 million.

COMPUTRONICS Holdings has secured a worldwide licence from the University of Idaho in the US for its precision centre pivot watering system, avoiding a potential stand-off over in

 ALAN Coles has been appointed resident manager of Tritton Resources Limited's Tritton Copper project.