Staff Reporters

WESTERN Australia's Advanced Well Technologies Pty Ltd has been awarded a major contract for the engineering, procurement and construction management of sub-sea wells for Galoc Production Company's fi

THE booming Western Australian economy is putting enormous strains on the state's infrastructure, including the availability of commercial and industrial premises for business tenants.

Proposed code: LBT, Issue price: $0.20 , Principal activities: development of technology for use in the automation of microbiology laboratory processing.

Warramboo Holdings Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,040,000 ordinary shares (6.12%)

Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 4,707,377 ordinary shares (6.68%) to 3,978,686 ordinary shares (5.65%)

Has completed the sale of its South Laverton assets to Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd for value of $A18.4m

An overview of annual investment income reporting including information about how reported information is used by the Tax Office.

Suzy Montandon has been appointed as a senior associate for Freehills' corporate resources area. Ms Montandon has extensive WA mining industry experience.

The Australian Centre for Geomechanics is hosting its second international mining seminar in Australia, for the first time, March 8 to 10 at the Novotel Langley Perth Hotel.

PLANTATION timber investment manager Great Southern Plantations has put pen to paper on a lucrative contract with a leading Japanese company for the export of hardwood woodchips, worth more than $130

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Proposed code: ROY, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: iron ore, gold exploration, Corporate: Rick Crabb (non-executive chairman), Frank DeMarte (executive director), Brian Richardson (non-exec

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 15,095,831 ordinary shares (5.01%)

Alliance WA Pty Ltd, The Toad Group Pty Ltd, Christian Singeton & Eve Anne Singleton increased its relevant interest from 48,888,889 ordinary shares (12.22%) to 51,220,604 ordinary shares (12.79%)

Antofagasta PLC and Tethyan Copper Company Ltd have today reached an agreement under which Antofagasta will make an off market conditional takeover offer to acquire all of the shares in Tethyan at aca

Has reached in-principle agreement with Hartleys Ltd to place 88,900,000 shares at 4.5 cents per share to raise approximately $4 million to institutional and retail clients of Hartleys Ltd

Jonathon Hull has joined the Perth office of BDO Chartered Accountants & Advisers from the firms UK practice, where he was a corporate tax manager.

MACMAHON Holdings Ltd announced a record after tax profit of $11.7 million for the half year ended December 31 2005, an increase of 107 per cent on the (AIFRS adjusted) result for the same period in 2

ACCOUNTANTS Ernst & Young have appointed Jeff Dowling as managing partner, western region, after Michael Minosora announced his resignation from the position in January to take up a new appoint

A 12-DAY fully escorted group tour, commencing September 24 in Vienna, to mark the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.

A $1.2 million refurbishment is being undertaken on 31 Ventnor Avenue, West Perth, bringing the building to A-grade status.

Perth based with world wide sales. Production will be ex China from March 2006 which will halve present costs and make the product much more competitive in the export market.

Proposed code: GEM, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: diamond exploration.

Giralia Resources NL became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 6,533,333 ordinary shares (19.6%)

FMR Corp increased its relevant interest from 8,161,451 ordinary shares (6.54%) to 9,493,214 ordinary shares (7.58%)

Joint Venture with Mountain Energy LLC has acquired an additional 9,100 acres in the Hawk Springs project area which is located in the Denver Julesburg Basin in Wyoming.

Investment bodies are not required to withhold amounts for the non-quotation of a tax file number (TFN) or Australian business number (ABN) from certain investments.

Ian Gregory has been appointed as state chairman for Chartered Secretaries Australia. Mr Gregory has been on the State Council since 2002 and is also a member of the Legislation Review Committee.

Gary de Rodriguez, founder of the San Diego Neuro-Linguistic Training Centre in California USA, to speak at the "Tools for Masterful Relationships" and "The Awakening Training" seminars, March 4 and 5

ALL the approvals for the joint developers to make a final investment decision on the $11 billion Gorgon gas project, off Western Australia's North West coast, are expected to be in place before the e

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