Staff Reporters

AUSTRALIAN Healthcare has appointed Phillip Hyde as its new managing director. Mr Hyde was a former director of business and market development for Anderson Consulting and a partner in McGee Thompson.

PAUL Devereux has resigned as a director of Axiom Properties.

Renowned Media Strategist, Neil McLean, June 10, to speak at a Free Publicity Masterclass.

A LOCAL software development start-up has commercialised an inventory management product spun out of an in-house system used at a local printing operation.

AUSTRALIA’S decision to forgive the vast majority of Iraq’s debt has received a mixed reaction.

Westralia Property Trust - 1/6/04 

Jackson Gold Ltd - 31-May-04On 11 June 2004 10,900,000 Fully Paid Shares and 5,400,000 35 cent, 30 June 2006 Options will be released from escrow.

pSivida Ltd - 01-Jun-04 UK operating subsidiary pSiMedica Ltd has been granted a further patent in the European market.

Customer call for B-Digital

George joins Macquarie 

ANDREW Pridham has resigned from Homeloans Ltd’s board to take up the position of managing director and head of investment banking, Australia and New Zealand for JPMorgan.

Alinta chooses Hansen 

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, chairman, Graeme Samuel AO, June 22, to present the 2004 Kyle Oration.

PERTH-BASED biotechnology player Rockeby Biomed is one step away from receiving a US patent covering the intellectual property of its point-of-care rapid diagnostic test, Candia5.

BioPharmica Limited - July 2Proposed code: BPHIssue price: $0.20

Sons Of Gwalia Ltd - 31/5/04Goldman Sachs Group ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Pharmanet Group Ltd - 31/5/04

Elkedra Diamonds NL - 04-Jun-04

Organic Resource Technology Ltd 

Government prosecutionsPanel maker gets $15,000 fine

LINDSAY Sanford has retired from the position of chairman at AFT Corporation. He has recommended current AFT director Doug Wood be appointed as his replacement.

PETER Warren has been appointed company secretary of Equatorial Mining Limited.

Appealathon turns 30 CHANNEL Nine’s Appealathon will be celebrating its 30th anniversary on June 28.

THE State Opposition has called for immediate tax refunds for all those who have bought a home since the May State Budget.

Sons Of Gwalia Ltd - 25/5/04 Goldman Sachs Group became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of  9,479,128 ordinary shares (5.04%).

Burswood Ltd - 04-Jun-04 Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd offer extended to 2 July, 2004.

Precious Metals Australia Ltd - 03-Jun-04Lodged response to ASX query.

Tax agent phone services card

Nelthorpe to chair Australia’s South West 

JB Maguire has resigned as a director of QuikTrak.

Population Growth

Inaugural Inspector General of Taxation, David Voss; FranklinCovey, managing director, Brian Clarke; Australian Taxation Office, assistant commissioner, David Diment; Baldry Finan