  We compare the measured peculiar velocities of 98 local (<150/h Mpc) type Ia
supernovae (SNIa) with predictions derived from the PSCz. There is excellent
agreement between the two datasets with a best fit beta_I (=Omega_m^0.6/b_I) of
0.55+-0.06. Subsets of the SNIa dataset are further analysed and the above
result is found to be robust with respect to culls by distance, host-galaxy
extinction and to the reference frame in which the analysis is carried out.
  We briefly review the peculiar motions in the direction of the Great
Attractor. Most clusters in this part of the sky out to a distance of 14,000
km/s, i.e. those closer than the Shapley Concentration, have sizable positive
peculiar velocities, i.e. (~ +400 km/s). There are nine local SNIa in the GA
direction that are in the foreground of Shapley. All these SNIa have positive
peculiar velocities. Hence both the cluster and local SNIa data strongly
support the idea of a sizable flow into Shapley.
