The 115th annual Luddenham show is underway this weekend, plus men are encouraged to learn more about Rose at the Brose Rose dinner at The Fernery. In Brisbane, there's the RACQ International Women's Day Fun Run, plus the botanic gardens will play host to spectacular palms and cycads.

Judge Paul Conlon weighs in on the cases against Cardinal George Pell and Jack De Belin, focusing on some legal questions about the jury system, and court procedures.

James Pratt, from James Pratt Auctions fills John in on how the market looked on the first big auction weekend of the year

Listen to the full show podcast of The Weekend Edition for February 24th.

While Labor promises $1.4 billion to replace demountables with "bricks and mortar" buildings, Education Expert Kevin Donnelly tells John and Erin that Labor is misguided. Kevin says that more money needs to be spent on increasing numeracy and literacy skills and better trained teachers.

Rachael and Johnno ended a pregnancy just 4 weeks ago. They refer to it as a "medically interrupted pregnancy", because if daughter, Bella, had been born, she would have met the same fate as her older sister Mackenzie, who died on October 22, 2017, when she was just seven-months-old.

Both Mackenzie and Bella had Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a neuromuscular disorder which causes the loss of lower motor neurons and progressive muscle-wasting, shutting down the body leading to an early death. It is the number one genetic killer of babies under two.

Listen to the full show podcast of The Weekend Edition for February 23rd.

D Caf is an initiative of the Ku-Ring-Gai Dementia Alliance and it's a fantastic idea

This weekend, the Chelmsford Hotel at Kurri Kurri is playing host to Mulletfest, while you could also win a sleepover at Ikea! Brisbane has their Sweatathlon tomorrow, and right around the country, is the RSPCA Adoption Blitz.

Today, Simon Stevenson reminds us the importance of having the right safety gear