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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). Articles in this issue include: ''From the ALA archives: beginnings: part 1' (p. 6-9) which is an edited extract from an extended oral history interview ALA's Tony Ryan recorded with Colin Lawton, a long time ALA member and former staff member of the Department of Adult Education at the University of Adelaide, in which Colin shares some of his recollections, including of events leading to the formation of the Australian Association of Adult Education (AAAE) in 1960; 'The value of ACE providers' by Kaye Bowman (p. 10-11) is the executive summary of a paper the author, as ALA Visiting Research Fellow, published, which presents key research evidence on the contribution that ACE providers make to key policy objectives of Australian governments; 'Understanding over 50s: an APIA research project' (p. 13) summarises the Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency (APIA) 'Understanding over 50s' research report which talks about new beginnings and new perspectives for this demographic; and 'E-learning opens up ACE in regions' by Hayley Beck (p. 16-17) outlines the projects six ACE organisations are undertaking as a result of funding from the Community Engagement Project of the national training system's e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework.