John Birmingham in “Deserve's got nothing to do with it": "Reading through old Beazley transcripts brings out the inner editor; you want to get out the blue pencil and start hacking away ... He often deals with difficult questions like the rugby player he once was ... as often as not he gets tangled up in his own rhetorical bootlaces."

In "There's Mud in Manangatang", John Harms visits the Mallee region in north-western Victoria and Eudanda in South Australia and listens to "stories of the forever-dry, years of drought."

"No Flowers" by Neil Murray: "When I began to speak the slightest tremor flickered on his cheek and eyelids. 'Dad, I'm going home today. I'll wait for you there at the lake. Stay calm. When you see the clear light, go towards it. I'll see you one day. I love you, Dad.'"

"Waking up with Mr Jones": Kathy Marks on Allan Jones and his daily two-minute rant on Channel Nine's Today show.