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Board members: Aart Plug – president, Eric Goddard – vice-president , Fiona Grealish – vice-president, Jill Bennett, Geoff Bridger, Richard Curry, Carolyn Franklin, Max Kousins, Peter Mott, Grace Park

CURTIN University of Technology holds consultancy and training programs through the consultancy coordination units within the Office of Research and Development and in each division of the university.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 12,485,248 ordinary shares (5.00%)

Timothy John King increased its relevant interest from 14,680,649 ordinary shares (23.02%) to 15,446,045 ordinary shares (24.23%)

Chimaera Capital Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 9,073,344 ordinary shares (9.3%) to 8,118,738 ordinary shares (7.2%)

Has reached agreement to acquire Cable Accessories (Holdings) Pty Ltd.

THE federal government announced tax cuts of $36.7 billion over four years in its budget last week, amounting to an extra $22.31 a week in our pockets.

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Proposed code: AEE, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: uranium exploration, Corporate: Brett Fraser (non-executive chairman), Dr Bob Beeson (managing director), Jay Stephenson (non-executive di

Castle Minerals Ltd has appointed Michael Fowler as exploration manager.

A general guide to the trust loss measures. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/71255.htmPublished: May 5 2006

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates increased its relevant interest from 24,197,856 ordinary shares (10.00%) to 26,991,740 ordinary shares (11.04%)

Acorn Capital Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 14,685,018 ordinary shares (7.79%) to 12,460,847 ordinary shares (6.52%)

General Meeting will be held at FAR's offices at 1st Floor, 87 Colin Street, West Perth, on Friday 9 June 2006 at 10.00am.

THE Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia had secured an $8.8 million soil-survey contract with Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

MARKETING professionals in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry have nominated brand positioning as their primary marketing challenge in 2006.

Julie Pilgrim has joined international property group Knight Frank as property manager for the Market City complex at Canning Vale.

FUTURIS Corporation Ltd, through subsidiary Hatmore Pty Ltd, has announced an unconditional scrip or cash offer to increase its shareholding in its subsidiary, West Perth-based timber processor Integr

PERTH-BASED health care equipment company, Medec Ltd, has inked a $5 million deal to take a controlling interest in Singapore health and wellness group, Body Contours Pty Ltd.

Hamersley Holdings Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 5,000,000 ordinary shares (6.68%)

Credit Suisse (Holdings) Australia Ltd increased its relevant interest from 13,445,110 ordinary shares (12.56%) to 14,962,033 ordinary shares (13.61%)

Consolidated Minerals Ltd & Consolidated Nickel Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 74,330,000 ordinary shares (19.9%) to 79,428,673 ordinary shares (21.26%)

Bullion Minerals has been renamed Uranium Equities Limited. Future ASX code - UEQ.

Advise that Austock Corporate Finance Ltd has successfully undertaken a placement of 23,529,412 shares at 17.0 cents each to raise $4.0 million.

THE Ezegroup's slogan is “making life easy”. For the company's rapidly expanding Eftpos and business client base, the slogan is the reality.

Proposed code: MYG, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: gold exploration, Corporate: Frank Lawson (chairman), John Robert Greeve (managing director), Allan Richard George Brown (technical direct

Nido Petroleum Ltd has appointed Gillian Evans as chief financial officer.

Bulletin to inform tax practitioners of the most recent updates to ato.gov.au - inludes lead article about Service entity arrangements - May 3 2006.http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/74109

HMC Investors LLC, Philip Falcone, Raymond Harbert, increased its relevant interest from 26,288,157 ordinary shares (11.73%) to 35,449,774 ordinary shares (14.91%)

ING Australia Holdings Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 4,409,925 ordinary shares (6.26%) to 3,605,974 ordinary shares (5.12%)

General Meeting will be held at University & Schools Club, 60 Philip Street, Sydney, at 2pm EST on 6 June 2006.

SUBIACO olive oil marketer Piquant Blue Ltd has announced its first major US supermarket account, with leading US retail chain Albertson's Inc.