Staff Reporters

Queensland Premier the Hon Peter Beattie to speak at Queensland’s Success Story – the Peter Beattie Formula, October 29 at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA Function Centre.

Former Special Air Services Regiment commanding officer Brigadier Mike Hindmarsh has been made commander special operations (SOCOMD).

Former captain of the Wallabies Nick Farr-Jones AM, founder of the Extreme Group Alistair Gosling, Cricket Australia chief executive officer James Sutherland, National Basketball

Nm Rothschild Australia Holdings Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 8,005,373 ordinary shares (5.06%).

Placement of 3,092,161 fully paid ordinary shares in the Company at a price of $0.80 per share, raising $2,473,728.80 has been completed.

AARON Eames, from Woolworths Supermarkets Rockingham, has been named Certificate II - Retail Trainee of the Year in this year’s Retail Trainee of the Year Awards.

MEDIA and Events Australia, which earlier this year bought the expo businesses of failed media company Consolidated Business Media, has registered a new business name, Web Corpora

JOHN Newman has been appointed Fire and Emergency Services Authority fire services manager Burrup.

Proposed code: GWRIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold mining

Portfolio Partners Ltd  became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 11,742,056 ordinary shares (5.2%).

Consolidated Minerals Ltd increased its substantial interest from 5,628,119 ordinary shares (15.97%) to  5,990.797 ordinary shares (17%).

MBX has signed a Conditional Heads of Agreement for the acquisition of Novacoat.

Heady 1980s-days deal scrutinised

Queensland Premier the Hon Peter Beattie to speak at Queensland’s Success Story – the Peter Beattie Formula, October 29 at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA Function Centre.

Nm Rothschild Australia Holdings Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

AN Enquiry by Design forum is to be held in Port Hedland over the last weekend in October to allow residents to share their vision for the town with Western Australia’s top planni

Takeover offer for all the shares in Phosphate Resources Ltd has been extended  to 29 October 2004.

Lodged response to ASX query

BELMONT Business Enterprise Centre manager Carol Hanlon has won the National Business Enterprise Award for the Best National BEC Manager.

INTEGRATED Tree Cropping has made its intentions towards fellow Western Australian timber player Australian Plantation Timbers clear by announcing a takeover bid for APT.

SINCLAIR Knight Merz has appointed Richard Dewhirst as group studies manager for the mining and metals industry sector.

Proposed code: WGMIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold, nickel, copper and platinum exploration.

Australian Pensioners Fund Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,000,000 ordinary shares (7.127%).

Ferrara Holdings Pty Ltd increased its substantial interest from 50,000,000 ordinary shares (11.39%) to  71,221,207 ordinary shares (16\%).

Has commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of Western Australia which will be heard on Tuesday, 12 October 2004

Bob Welch has been re-elected chairman of the WA Arts Sport and Recreation Industry Training Council.

CONQUEST Mining has appointed new corporate advisers, added to its board and is undertaking a $5.5 million placement.

TIWEST and the Billinue Aboriginal Community have celebrated 10 years of commercial partnership.