From the director – Tom Richards
Old UBV measures from Auckland – Stan Walker
Identifying NAV stars in the list of Innes variables – Mati Morel
Update on the Dual Maxima Mira project – Stan Walker
HD 5980 a boring name for a star system that is anything but – Glen Schrader
Astronomy 3.0 – Peter Lake
Selected SPADES Results – TU CMa, DO Car and BE Cru – Tom Richards

From the Director – Tom Richards
Putting stars in their place: A 50-year odyssey – Mati Morel
Southern binaries DSLR project update – Mark Blackford
Postcard from Carterton – Roland Idaczyk
O – C diagram for η Muscae – Blackford, Butland & Budding
SPADES – Results rolling in – Tom Richards
The VSS EB minima, light elements and spectra database – Tom Richards
Resetting lost passwords – David O’Driscoll
AAVSO CCD school – Phil Evans

From the director – Tom Richards
From the editor – Phil Evans
Conference Report – Tom Richards
NACAA 2012 – David Benn
Some targets in the Magellanic Clouds – Alan Plummer
SPADES – 57 binaries under observation – Tom Richards
Updates to SPADES data for Ephemerides – Margaret Streamer
Southern Binaries DSLR project update – Mark Blackford
Staying in touch with the discussion forum – David O’Driscoll
SS Nor and QR Nor : A riddle resolved – Mati Morel

From the director – Tom Richards
Bright Cepheids Report – Stan Walker
Software Watch – Phil Evans
Photometric Catalogue around M42 – Mati Morel
DSLR Photometry Atmospheric Extinction Correction – Mark Blackford
Turning up Results in SPADES – Tom Richards
Variable Stars Near Eta Carinae – Stan Walker
EEB Project – SZ Piscium Summary for 2011 – Margaret Streamer
Strictly Visual – An Interview with Rod Stubbings