Staff Reporters

LORD Mayor Peter Nattrass has launched the City of Perth Façade Lighting Awards, with $10,000 in prize money available for winners in both contemporary and heritage building categ

NIKKI Leib has joined Shearmans PR as a senior publicist.Ms Leib will be heading the consultancy’s publicity division.

FLEETWOOD Corporation has returned an operating profit after tax of $20.2 million, an 81 per cent improvement on the previous year.

AGINCOURT non-executive director Ian Middlemas has made $5.6 million from the sale of 3 million Agincourt shares on the Australian Stock Exchange.

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

National Australia Bank Ltd Group became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 11,088,749 ordinary shares (7.86%).

Acorn Capital Ltd increased its relevant interest from 9,491,471 ordinary shares (5.36%) to 11,541,979 ordinary shares (6.51%).

MINTER Ellison lawyer Ben Wyatt has been appointed to the board of Indigenous Business Australia.

PBL offer extended to September 2.

Lodged response to ASX query.

The Commissioner today launched the 2004-05 Compliance Program at an address to the Chatswood Chamber of Commerce in Sydney.

OCEANA Gold, the mining spinoff from WA engineering firm GRD, has bought back 100 per cent of its gold hedging contracts.

AUSTRALIA’s wheat export regulation body is investigating whether a Perth-based grain trader may have exported wheat without a licence, the ABC reported last week.

Arredo Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia increased its relevant interest from 3,585,863 ordinary shares (6.04%) to 4,419,047 ordinary shares (7.45%).

Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 13,347,534 ordinary shares (8.52%) to 11,635,822 ordinary shares (7.42%).

Geoff Balfe has been appointed an executive director at Midas Resources Limited.

1,600,000 ordinary shares will be released from escrow on August 28.

Melewar Steel Ventures Ltd have been issued with 27 million shares in Gindalbie at 12.5 cents per share, raising $3.375 million.

A RESULT earlier this year in the High Court of Australia over an appeal concerning the duties owed by liquor suppliers to their bar customers (Cole v South Tweed Heads Rugby Leag

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

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 Industry and Resources.

Proposed code: LNGIssue price: $0.20

Zapac Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 7,135,590 ordinary shares (18.06%).

Australia And New Zealand Banking Group Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,027,990 ordinary shares (5.78%) to 5,121,039 ordinary shares (7.29%).

BERT Beevers has been appointed acting managing director of Central West TAFE.

Tribune Resources NL has appointed Dr John Andrews and Gordon Sklenka as directors.

Has contracted to purchase an 800 hectare land parcel in the semi rural suburb of Brigadoon, 30km east of Perth, for approximately $5.2 million.

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STRAITS Resources has announced a $6.5 million after tax profit for the first half of 2004.

ROY Weston group CEO Geoff Baldwin has predicted that rising petrol prices will ultimately have an effect on the local housing market.

Proposed code: AXOIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold exploration