Staff Reporters

CHANGE Corporation has added Andrew Crampton and Chris Stevens as a principal consultant and head of its Microsoft Navision practice respectively.

ManufacturerPrice: $570,000 plus stock

Proposed code: MALIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Exploration and development of mineral sands.

Entrust Private Wealth Management Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of  3,208,851 ordinary shares (7.57%).

Queste Communications Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,866,137 ordinary shares (20.2%) to 8,455,970 ordinary shares (21.714%).

1,330,000 ordinary fully paid shares will be released from escrow on September 12.

A general meeting will be held on September 28 commencing at 2pm at the Holiday Inn City Centre, 788 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia.

Richard Elliott has resigned as director and chairman of Hire Intelligence International Limited. The company has appointed Graeme Sampson as non-executive director.

FLEETWOOD has ascended to the S&P ASX 200 Index, as part of Standard & Poor's September 2004 quarterly rebalance of its Australian Stock Exchange indices.

On Saturday September 18 UWA Extension will hold a seminar titled Increase Your Personal and Professional Productivity.

WESTERN Australia has the highest proportion of farms using computers and the Internet in the nation, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Proposed code: AXCIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold explorer

452 Capital Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 25,247,322 ordinary shares (5.049%).

AMP Ltd increased its relevant interest from 48,515,721 ordinary shares (95.79%) to 49,261,397 ordinary shares (97.26%).

Has secured an option to acquire a 75% interest in a gold venture in Brazil.

This fact sheet explains the new rule about WET credits for wine exported and then returned to Australia for retail sale http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/48512.htm

MARK Harrison has been appointed to the newly created training and development role with Clubs WA.

ANDREW Goatcher has joined Allens Arthur Robinson's Perth office litigation and dispute resolution department as special counsel.

THE Asian engineering sector is offering Australian businesses significant export opportunities, according to the Australian Trade Commission, Austrade.

Proxima Concepts Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 30,000,000 ordinary shares (70.54%).

Fast Scout Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,866,137 ordinary shares (20.2%) to 8,455,970 ordinary shares (21.714%).

Futuris Corporation Ltd  increased its relevant interest from 340,705 ordinary shares (5.49%) to 362,363 ordinary shares (5.75%).

Awarded the Malbec West open pit mining contract to a joint venture between earth moving contractors Central Desert Enterprises and ExtractMix Pty Ltd.

Michael Musso has resigned as joint company secretary of Genesis Biomedical Limited.

Australia's retail sales dipped unexpectedly in July, with a 1 per cent decrease offsetting much of the 2 per cent rise in June.

On Friday September 10 Blake Dawson Waldron will hold a half-day workshop titled Case Studies in Managing Parental Leave Issues at the Forrest Centre Perth.

WESTERN Australia's recently deregulated dairy industry could be gearing for competition following a proposal to establish a second farmer-owned cooperative dairy.

Proposed code: UGEIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold exploration.

Tunend Pty Ltd And Richard Palmisano became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 42,560,000 ordinary shares (37.04%).