Staff Reporters

Quickstep Technologies has appointed Dale Brosius as its chief operating officer, the Americas and Europe.

Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection – British Columbia, Canada director Environmental Management Branch Eric Partridge; M-Co executive director Ken Chapman; Former Federal

Cambinata Yabbies

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

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Humbhalgarh  Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,200,000 ordinary shares (7.26%) to 5,200,000 ordinary shares (8.99%).

Acorn Capital Ltd increased its relevant interest from 6,057,788 ordinary shares (8.63%) to 6,838,531 ordinary shares (9.7%).

General meeting - Broadwater Pagoda Hotel, 112 Melville Parade, Como at 1pm on August 2 2004.

A primary producer is an individual, a trust or a company carrying on a business of primary production.

Frank Early has joined consultancy firm AeM Group.

Iluka Resources Limited have appointed David Grant as Chief Financial Officer, he was previously in the position of acting chief financial officer at the company.

Evans & Tate Limited has bought its eastern States’ wine distributor Wine Source for an undisclosed amount.

Lisa Ward has been reappointed as a member of the Migration Review Tribunal and cross-appointed as a member of the Refugee Review Tribunal.

Linc Integrated Marketing and Communication is on a major national and international expansion push after acquiring Melbourne design firm Paramount.

Proposed code: BDIIssue price: $0.30Principal activities: Diamond exploration.

Merrill Lynch Investment Mgmt Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

M&G Investment Management Ltd increased its relevant interest from 19,265,000 ordinary shares (6.88%) to 19,605,000 ordinary shares (7%).

If you are an individual Australian resident with income from foreign sources, read this to work out the impact of tax losses from earlier years.

Macmahon Holdings Limited has appointed Malcolm Kinnaird as a director.

Best selling author, and Vision Publishing, principal, Brian Sher; Renowned keynote speaker and best selling author, Brendan Nichols; marketing guru and motivator, Winston Marsh;

I write to you having taken great offence at our omission from your recent two-page article featuring Western Australian diamond companies (WA Business News July 1).

The buoyancy of Perth’s CBD leasing market has led Knight Frank to appoint its first Perth-based national leasing director.

Proposed code: BPHIssue price: $0.20

Braidwood Investments (WA) Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,200,000 ordinary shares (7.26%) to 5,200,000 ordinary shares (8.99%).

Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd increased its relevant interest from 15,136,468 ordinary shares (12.92%) to 16,777,772  ordinary shares (14.32%).

16,999,996 ordinary shares will be released from escrow on July 10 2004.

A general meeting will be held at the Broadwater Pagoda Hotel, 112 Melville Parade, Como at 2pm on July 28 2004.