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'Quest', published quarterly, is the newsletter of Adult Learning Australia (ALA), the peak Australian non-government organisation (NGO) for adult and community education (ACE). Featured in this issue are: 'Learn @ work' (p. 6-7) which discusses Learn @ Work Day and the recent NCVER report 'What makes for good workplace learning: at a glance' (indexed at TD/TNC 74.04); 'International - the agenda for the future' by Francesca Beddie (p. 8-9] which summarises the themes adopted at the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA) in 1997 (indexed at TD/ACE 61.07); 'Guest spot: training the fire fighters' by Lewis Conn (p. 14-15) which narrates the author's experience of training with the Stoney Creek Rural Fire Brigade; 'Learning communities: individual learning audit process' by John Cross (p. 17) which reports on an ALA study undertaken to help mature age unemployed job seekers better understand their learning needs and styles.