Staff Reporters

Peak tourism body Tourism Council WA is ramping up its lobbying efforts in a bid to obtain greater funding and direction from government.

Graham Morrow has been appointed as a director of Acuity Investment Management Limited. Tony Cunningham has resigned from the company.

HUGALL and Hoile has signed an underwriting agreement for its one for four renounceable rights issue with Cunningham Securities.

Minerals Council of Australia chief executive officer Mitchell Hooke to speak at Cultural Heritage and Native Title 2005, April 19 to 21 at the Duxton Hotel.

Deutsche Bank AG ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Select Asset Management Ltd increased its relevant interest from 12,761,730 ordinary shares (14.24%) to 13,895,475 ordinary shares (15.55%)

Queensland Investment Corporation decreased its relevant interest from 1,930,055 ordinary shares (6.16%) to 1,600,047ordinary shares (5.11%).

Is to acquire a 20,000,000 share, 16% strategic interest in Falcon Minerals Ltd.

Has arranged a placement of approximately 12 million fully paid ordinary shares at an issue price of 1.5 cents each to raise $180,000.

The Federal Court has found that property developer Anglo Estate Pty Ltd attempted to enter into price fixing and other anti-competitive arrangements with the Shire of Esperance o

THE value of Western Australia's merchandise exports increased by $352 million (or 12.3 per cent) to $3.21 billion in the 12 months to December 2004, on an original basis.

THE recent decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Australian Conservation Foundation and others v Minister for Planning, lends weigh to the enlarged scope

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Frank Carr became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 35,700,000 ordinary shares (61.5%).

Sedimentary Holdings Ltd increased its relevant interest from 100,875,787 ordinary shares (10.2%) to 170,230,154 ordinary shares (17.2%)

109,363,390 shares at a subscription price of $0.02 per share to raise $2,187,268 closed fully subscribed.

1,625,000 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares are to be released from restricted securities class on the 4 February 2005.

General Meeting will be held at Level 1, 89 St Georges Terrace, Perth at 10.00am (WST) on Monday, 7 March  2005 re merger with Bounty Industries.

THE report on the Grains Licensing Authority has come up with just what WAFarmers predicted – a dry economic analysis of one season's experience, totally missing the triple bottom

 JOAN McKenna Kerr has joined the board of non-profit organisation Westcare Inc.

BOOMING steel demand has persuaded Andrew Forrest's Hibernia Gold to consider developing its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project.

Senior research fellow at the University of South Australia Centre for Sleep Research Angela Baker and Klinge & Co global risk and business improvement manager Tilman Rasche t

Malcolm & Sally Block ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Barclays Group became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 7,958,321 ordinary shares (5.03%).

Has placed 14 million shares at $1.10 to Korea Zinc Co., Ltd, raising A$15.4 million.

A war of words has erupted between a Western Australian Government grain export licence regulator and the State's major grain export licence holder Grain Pool over an alleged grai

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IN other tsunami aid news, a shipment of goods sent from Western Australia on January 3 has reached its destination in northern Sumatra and been distributed directly to the victim