Staff Reporters

Global drilling services contractor Boart Longyear Ltd has debuted on the Australian stock exchange at a modest premium after raising $2.35 billion through its initial public offering - Australia's second biggest share sale.

MIR Investment Management Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Drillsearch Energy Ltd increased its relevant interest from 21,559,174 ordinary shares (13.49%) to 32,139,174 ordinary shares (17.504%).

Has signed a binding agreement with Best Decade Limited, a company associated with Mr Liguo Ding, the Chairman of Singapore listed steel manufacturing and trading group Delong Holdings Limited, for th

AUSTRALIA'S first female premier, Carmen Lawrence, last week announced her retirement from political life, effective at the next federal election.

Marketforce chief executive officer John Driscoll has been appointed chairman and spokesperson for the newly founded WA committee of the Advertising Federation of Australia.

Activity statement statistics. http://www.ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/content/25349.htm Published: March 27 2007

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,181,818 ordinary shares (5.08%).

MIR Investment Management Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 14,636,420 ordinary shares (7.49%) to 11,620,567 ordinary shares (5.93%).

Announce a strategic alliance, arranged by Capstone Capital, is via a private placement to DB (or a member of its group) of 315,789,474 ordinary shares in Crescent at A$0.38 cents per share for A$120m

WHILE reality television has delivered fifteen minutes of fame to many a celebrity wannabe, a new art competition is set to launch the careers of aspiring Western Australian artists.

Roxane Shadbolt, previously with the Rottnest Island Authority, has been appointed to the newly created position of Swan River Trust Riverpark manager.

Landsdale Secondary School artist selection - Jon Tarry - $247,500.00

Intec Hellyer Metals Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 11,700,000 ordinary shares (18.48%) to 12,704,007 ordinary shares (19.98%).

Advises that 2,309,824 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow on March 29.

FORMER Alinta Ltd chairman John Poynton believes an opportunity to keep the business Western Australian-based has been lost, with the directors' decision to accept a $15 per share bid from Babcock & B

DEMAND for inner-city apartments in Perth appears to be growing year on year, with the latest Landgate figures revealing an average annual price growth of 14.8 per cent a year for the past five years.

The West Australian Ballet was founded in 1953 and is the oldest ballet company in Australia.

RAB Energy Fund Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,531,666 ordinary shares (8.2%).

Touchdown Holdings Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 5,000,000 ordinary shares (8.46%) to 4,400,000 ordinary shares (7.45%).

Announce that it has completed a placement of 40,800,000 ordinary shares at A$0.32 per share to raise A$13,056,000, made to institutional clients of UK based Mirabaud Securities Ltd

NICKEL producer Sally Malay has appointed mining engineer Brian Phillips to the board as a non-executive director of the company.

Northern Mining Ltd has appointed Vince Roberts as exploration manager.

Provision of random drug and alcohol testing - Western Diagnostic Pathology - $282,150.00

Oxiana Group increased its relevant interest from 149,288,390 ordinary shares (69.32%) to 158,217,914 ordinary shares (73.47%).

Advises that on 7 April 2007, 1,475,000 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow.

General Meeting will be held at Level 2, Claymore House, 63 Fort Street, Auckland, New Zealand, on Friday, 27 April 2007 at 10.00 am

THE invitation by State Scene columnist, Joe Poprzeczny, to comment on Peter Coyne's Wheatbelt desalination plan is appreciated (WA Business News, March 1).

IINET is set for a much bigger windfall from Telstra after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission last week advised the Perth-based ISP that the final price it was likely to force Telstra

UBS Nominees ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

The Capital Group Companies Inc became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 16,100,000 ordinary shares (5.92%).

FMR Corp & FIL decreased its relevant interest from 48,492,965 ordinary shares (8.39%) to 40,061,252 ordinary shares (6.91%).