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1. Peter Porter in the capital of the English language 
   

   Feed and clothe this Australian poet and lodge him in a library attached to a music venue, and remarkable things would happen. He made of London a country of the mind, its vices, virtues, constant features and mutability there to be inspected and eventually portrayed.

   
   Issue 0 : Published 30-Apr-2010
2. Bud Tingwell and I 
   I only met Bud Tingwell once. Like so many others, I went away the better for the brief encounter. But the meeting also led me to ask questions about what matters, and how we should nurture it in Australian society.
   Issue 9 : Published 20-May-2009
3. What Frank did 
   Frank Costigan was a man of such moral authority that you would not need to speak to him, just think,  'What would Frank do?' When Frank was being wheeled in for surgery, he completed reading the morning papers, then waved to his children.
   Issue 7 : Published 21-Apr-2009
4. Eulogy for Francis Xavier Costigan QC  
   
   Issue 0 : Published 20-Apr-2009
5. Conway's maverick way 
   Ronald Conway (1927–2009) was of a rare breed in Australia. He stood against the prevailing climate of thought which ignores important questions of faith, spirituality and human experience, and focuses on the conventional and politically correct.
   Issue 1 : Published 30-Mar-2009
6. East Timor's digger friend 
   

   When East Timor was struggling to get a fair deal in negotiations over Timor Sea oil, Kenneally rallied his mates to fight. Appearing on national television, he told Prime Minister Howard: 'I'd rather you did not come to my ANZAC Day parade.'

   
   Issue 4 : Published 09-Mar-2009
7. Monastic gaze through money myopia 
   

   News last week of the death of Dom Placid Spearritt, Abbot of New Norcia Abbey, was set among the daily chronicles of financial collapse around the world. That seemed paradoxical.

   
   Issue 21 : Published 13-Oct-2008
8. Eureka Street loses two friends 
   The Australian Catholic Church and public life are the poorer for the passing of John Button and Archbishop Frank Little earlier this week. They both knew much about winning, but more about losing, and treated all they met with great respect.
   Issue 7 : Published 10-Apr-2008
9. Bob Collins, larger than life Labor minister 
   We come to bid farewell to Robert Lindsay Collins, the proud Territorian, the larger than life Leader of the Opposition and Labor Minister, the loving father of Robbie, Libby and Daniel, the faithful spouse of Rosemary, and raucous friend of many of us gathered here today in St Mary's Cathedral Darwin.
   Issue : Published 25-Oct-2007
10. Vale Marie 
    With the sudden death of Marie Tehan, we at Eureka Street have lost a dear friend and patron.
    Issue 10 : Published 18-May-2007

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