Staff Reporters

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.

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

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.

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

Redsummer Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

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

Has successfully concluded a $10 million fund raising.

Has made a $22 million investment in Multiplex New Zealand Property Fund.

IF you currently rely on a State Agreement or are a third-party beneficiary to an agreement or contract, you may need to be aware of the recent decision of the Full Court of the S

Carpenter Pacific Resources NL has appointed Ian Middlemas and Mark Pearce as directors of the company.

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.

The State Government has backed calls by Western Australian pork producers for an inquiry into the effects of imported pork.

NICK Mackenzie has joined Scotford & Fennessy as its senior consultant for civil engineering and construction.

Vineyard, winery, residence, restaurantPrice: $2.3 million to $2.55 million plus stock.

THE Lions Eye Institute is calling on the Western Australian Government to increase its use of telemedicine, a technology that has been proven to slash costs and treat patients su

Compliance Certification Systems Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 5,000,000 ordinary shares (12.27%).