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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001137171-13-000344
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131030
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131030
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20131030

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRANSALTA CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001144800
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15214
		FILM NUMBER:		131180106

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 12TH AVE SW BOX 1900 STATION M
		STREET 2:		CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 2MI
		CITY:			CALGARY
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			T2P2M1
		BUSINESS PHONE:		403-267-4724

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110-12TH AVENUE SW
		CITY:			CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			T2P2M1
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<DESCRIPTION>TRANSALTA CORPORATION - 6-K
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<P STYLE="font: bold 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 24pt; text-align: center">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 24pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 24pt; text-align: center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 24pt">For the month of October</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>TRANSALTA CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into
English)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>110-12<SUP>th</SUP> Avenue S.W., Box 1900,
Station &#8220;M&#8221;, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Form 20-F____ &#9;Form 40-F <U>X </U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the
Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the
Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The document listed below as Exhibit 99.1 to
this Form 6-K is a copy of the Registrant&#8217;s news release dated October 30, 2013 announcing &#8220;TransAlta Signs Long-term
Contract Extension with Major Mining Company in Western Australia&#8221;.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">This news release is being furnished, not filed,
and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by TransAlta Corporation under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; padding-right: 7.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="newsrelease.htm">Press release dated October 30, 2013 announcing &#8220;TransAlta Signs Long-term Contract Extension with Major Mining Company in Western Australia&#8221;</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Signatures</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 24pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 19%"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/<I>s/ </I></FONT>Brett Gellner</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">Brett Gellner</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.25in 12pt 0">October 30, 2013</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; padding-right: 0.25in; padding-bottom: 12pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="newsrelease.htm">Press release dated October 30, 2013 announcing &#8220;TransAlta Signs Long-term Contract Extension with Major Mining Company in Western Australia&#8221;</A></TD></TR>
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<DESCRIPTION>PRESS RELEASE DATED OCTOBER 30, 2013 ANNOUNCING "TRANSALTA SIGNS LONG-TERM CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH MAJOR MINING COMPANY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA"
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<P STYLE="font: normal 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 16pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>TransAlta Signs Long-term Contract Extension<BR>
with Major Mining Company in Western Australia</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>CALGARY, Alberta (October 30, 2013)</B> &#8211; TransAlta Corporation
(TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) announced today that it, through a subsidiary entity, has signed a long-term contract extension to supply
power to the BHP Billiton (BHP: ASX) Nickel West operations in Western Australia from its Southern Cross Energy facilities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The new power supply agreement is effective immediately and replaces
the previous contract which was set to expire at the beginning of 2014. Operating since 1996, Southern Cross has a total installed
capacity of 245MW from the Kambalda, Mt. Keith, Leinster and Kalgoorlie power stations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Western Australia is an important market for TransAlta, where it
has been operating for more than 15 years, and where it has developed behind-the-fence expertise with resource operators in the
region.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><I>Highlights of Other Recent Contract Executions:</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">o</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">In September, CalEnergy (Western U.S.) announced a long-term contract with Salt River Project,
an Arizona utility, 24 year contract, 50 MW;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">o</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">In August, TransAlta announced the recontracting of its Ottawa gas plant (Central Canada) with
the Ontario Power Authority, 20 year long term contract, 71.8 MW;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">o</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">In June, CalEnergy (Western U.S.) announced the first long-term contract under a new remarketing
strategy with the City of Riverside in California, 24 year contract, 86 MW;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">o</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">Also in June, TransAlta announced that its Centralia Plant (Western U.S.);had concluded an 11
year contract with Puget Sound Energy (PSE), where PSE will acquire 180 MW of firm, base-load coal transition power starting in
December 2014.&nbsp; Following the first 12 months the contract increases to 280 MW and then increses to 380MW starting December
2016 to December 2024, dropping to 300 MW in the last year.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>Related content: </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">TransAlta's Southern Cross Facilies FACT Page</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><I>Recent Contract Announcements</I></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Courier New, Courier, Monospace">o</FONT></TD><TD>TransAlta Renewables Inc. Announces Acquisition of 144 MW Wind Farm, Oct 21, 2013</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Courier New, Courier, Monospace; text-underline-style: none; color: windowtext">o</FONT></TD><TD>TransAlta Recontracts Ottawa Gas Plant Under Long Term Agreement, Aug 30 2013</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Courier New, Courier, Monospace; text-underline-style: none; color: windowtext">o</FONT></TD><TD>TransAlta Announces Regulatory Approval of Long-term Contract between Puget Sound Energy and Centralia, Jun 26 2013</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Courier New, Courier, Monospace; text-underline-style: none; color: windowtext">o</FONT></TD><TD>TransAlta Announces Close of Solomon Power Station Acquisition, Sept 28 2012</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B><I>About TransAlta:</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><I>TransAlta is a
power generation and wholesale marketing company focused on creating long-term shareholder value. TransAlta maintains a low-to-moderate
risk profile by operating a highly contracted portfolio of assets in Canada, the United States and Australia. TransAlta&#8217;s
focus is to efficiently operate geothermal, wind, hydro, natural gas and coal facilities in order to provide customers with a reliable,
low-cost source of power. For over 100 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and a proud contributor to the communities
in which it works and lives. TransAlta has been selected by Jantzi-Sustainalytics as one of Canada&#8217;s Top 50 Socially Responsible
Companies since 2009 and is recognized globally for its leadership on sustainability and corporate responsibility standards by
FTSE4Good. </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><I>This news release may contain forward looking statements, including
statements regarding our business, expected length and contracting terms, anticipated financial performance of TransAlta Corporation
or its subsidiaries and expected production of our facilities. These statements are based on TransAlta Corporation&#8217;s belief
(including those of its subsidiaries) and assumptions based on information available at the time the assumption was made. These
statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated
by the forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that could cause such differences includechanges in the market place in
which these assets operate, legislative or regulatory developments, competition, global capital markets activity, changes in prevailing
interest rates, currency exchange rates, inflation levels, commodity prices and general economic conditions in the geographic areas
where we operate.</I></P>

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      inquiries:</i></b></font></td>
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      inquiries:</i></b></font></td>
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    <TD><font STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Brent Ward</font></td>
    <TD><font STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Stacey Hatcher</font></td>
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    <TD><font STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director,
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    <TD><font STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Senior Corporate
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