Staff Reporters

Together with AMEC has won a multi-million dollar contract from ConocoPhillips to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Bayu-Undan development, South East

AT the recent Franchise Council of Australia National Conference, Professor Lorelle Fraser released Griffith University’s 2004 Franchise Survey.  This snap shot of franchising in

WESTERN Australia has the highest proportion of farms using computers and the Internet in the nation, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Proposed code: AXCIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold explorer

452 Capital Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 25,247,322 ordinary shares (5.049%).

AMP Ltd increased its relevant interest from 48,515,721 ordinary shares (95.79%) to 49,261,397 ordinary shares (97.26%).

Has secured an option to acquire a 75% interest in a gold venture in Brazil.

This fact sheet explains the new rule about WET credits for wine exported and then returned to Australia for retail sale http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/48512.htm

MARK Harrison has been appointed to the newly created training and development role with Clubs WA.

ANDREW Goatcher has joined Allens Arthur Robinson’s Perth office litigation and dispute resolution department as special counsel.

Australia's retail sales dipped unexpectedly in July, with a 1 per cent decrease offsetting much of the 2 per cent rise in June.

On Friday September 10 Blake Dawson Waldron will hold a half-day workshop titled Case Studies in Managing Parental Leave Issues at the Forrest Centre Perth.

THE Asian engineering sector is offering Australian businesses significant export opportunities, according to the Australian Trade Commission, Austrade.

Proxima Concepts Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 30,000,000 ordinary shares (70.54%).

Fast Scout Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,866,137 ordinary shares (20.2%) to 8,455,970 ordinary shares (21.714%).

Futuris Corporation Ltd  increased its relevant interest from 340,705 ordinary shares (5.49%) to 362,363 ordinary shares (5.75%).

Awarded the Malbec West open pit mining contract to a joint venture between earth moving contractors Central Desert Enterprises and ExtractMix Pty Ltd.

Michael Musso has resigned as joint company secretary of Genesis Biomedical Limited.

RETICULATION products supplier Hugall and Hoile has posted a $643,359 net after tax profit, down from the $774,000 the company posted in 2002-03.

WESTERN Australia’s recently deregulated dairy industry could be gearing for competition following a proposal to establish a second farmer-owned cooperative dairy.

Proposed code: UGEIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold exploration.

Tunend Pty Ltd And Richard Palmisano became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 42,560,000 ordinary shares (37.04%).

PBL (WA) Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 459,328,330 ordinary shares (93.71%) to 470,673,870 ordinary shares (96.03%).

On September 2 the Federal Court ordered Xstrata Queensland Ltd to produce to Aquila all documents in its possession in the period October 2000 to April 2001 relating to the propo

Has arranged a placement of up to 17 million shares at 12 cents each to a group of sophisticated investors to raise approximately $2 million.

JWH Group’s Hao Hyunh has been promoted to In-Vogue and Metrostyle construction manager – southern region.

Mark O'Cleary has resigned as CEO of Westgold Resources NL, the company has appointed Andrew Drummond as director. Danny Hill has also resigned as director.

Australia's real, seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product increased by 4.1 per cent through the year to June 2004, its strongest annual growth since the year to September 2002.

Californian Air Resources Board, chairman, Dr Alan Lloyd; Toyota Motor Corporation, general manager - Fuel Cell Commercialisation Conference of Japan, Hideaki Akamatsu; Chinese Ac

The Town Planning Appeal Tribunal has submitted recommendations to Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan that the application for extensions to the Rockingham Ci