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Psivida Ltd General meeting will be held at Suite 1, Level 31, Allendale Square 77 St Georges Terrace at 2.30pm (Perth time) on 21 October 03.  

Impress Ventures Ltd 19-Sep-03 Has reached agreement with Findlay & Co Stockbrokers Ltd to place 16.9 million shares at 3.5 cents per ordinary share to their clients.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a new class order on reporting requirements for Australian Financial Services licensees who are natural persons.

A NEW policy statement has been released that relates to the entry of foreign providers of wholesale financial services that are regulated by overseas regulatory authorities into the Australian market

THE Companies and Securities Advisory Committee is no more. It is now known as the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee, or CAMAC for short.

WAFarmers THE State Government has walked away from its responsibility of funding public roads that access CBH Receival points.

Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA WESTERN Australian Premier Geoff Gallop needs to seriously consider the consequences of land ownership in this State.

WAFarmers WESTERN Australia’s regional and rural water users will come together in December to develop a strategic response to the Gallop Government’s State Water Strategy.

SUBMISSIONS have been called for on the development of a performing arts centre in Perth.

THE Western Australian Government is seeking the views of people and organisations for a review of extended working hours.

RECENTLY, the courts have considered the situation where it is intended that several guarantors provide a guarantee but one of the guarantors is not bound because he or she failed to sign the guarante

COMMERCIAL rock lobster fishermen who conduct charter fishing activities for tourists during their off-season are required to be licensed specifically for the purpose.

AGRICULTURAL company Elders Hycube has been fined $75,000 in the Perth Court of Petty Sessions after a hearing into last year’s death of a 20-year-old female employee.

A WELSHPOOL company has been fined $4,500 in a Perth court for unsafe use of a forklift.

Workshop On Saturday October 4 the Australian Stock Exchange is running a workshop titled Starting in the Sharemarket, in the Conference Centre at Level 8, Exchange Plaza, 2 The Esplanade, Perth.

On Monday October 6 and Tuesday October 7 Meeting Masters in conjunction with the City of Mandurah is conducting the 2003 Local Government Law Conference, at the Mandurah Quay Resort.

On Monday October 6, the Save Foundation of Australia is holding a Sporting Celebrities Gala Dinner and Auction which is titled An evening with some international Cricketers and Rugby Players to help

The Youth Affairs Council of WA is conducting the 2003 WA Youth Affairs Conference on Wednesday October 1 to Friday October 3, at Swanleigh Residential College, Yule Avenue, Middle Swan.

On Monday October 6 the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA is running a seminar titled Leading and Building a Team, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Centre for Learning.

IF you had been stuck on a desert island for the past 20 years, or maybe taken a Forrest Gump-like approach to ultra-marathons, you would hardly recognise the world of sport in 2003.

WHILE basketball is not enjoying the high profile it once had, Wildcats co-owner Andrew Vlahov is content with his club’s on and off-field successes.

WHILE the minerals, energy and resource industries underpin Western Australia’s trade with South Korea, there are many opportunities in other sectors.

DONEGAL Resources directors Leigh and Ian Junk have played a significant role in breathing new life into the once boom town of Kambalda.

BGC (Australia) Pty Limited founder Len Buckeridge has been honoured in this year’s Entrepreneur of the Year awards, as the ‘Master Entrepreneur’ category winner.

PERTH software company Medepartner is building a national health technology business out of the ashes of Australian Stock Exchange-listed Startrack Communications.

INTEGRATED Group Limited director Malcolm Wardle has earned himself and his associates a $17.8 million pay day after being given leave to exit his employment contract with the group early.

THE Real Estate Institute of WA has formed a committee to address issues within the project marketing sector in response to the rapidly growing off-the-plan and apartment real estate sectors

THE West Australian Football Commission expects to sign the naming rights to Subiaco Oval within the next 12 months.

CHEVRONTEXACO has surprised the local engineering industry by deciding to build the Gorgon gas project along similar lines to the North West Shelf project.

THE long-awaited Barrow Island Bill, which includes the Gorgon State Agreement schedule, was introduced into State Parliament early this week.

AS the Federal Government salivates over the billions it will earn from the Gorgon project, it would be worth its leadership considering how this potential resources revenue and vast billions that preceded it came to be.

AUSTRALIAN Wine Holdings is preparing the groundwork for a major acquisition with a fund raising effort to pay off debt associated with the purchase of Hay Shed Hill Estate for almost $6.3 million last year.