1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Associated H i absorption in radio AGN
1.2 Targeted searches for associated H i 21-cm absorption
1.3 This paper
2 THE MOLONGLO REFERENCE CATALOGUE AND THE MRC 1-JY SAMPLE
3 FLASH PILOT SURVEY OBSERVATIONS IN THE MRC 1-JY REGION
3.1 FLASH Pilot Surveys
3.2 Data reduction
3.3 FLASH observations of MRC 1-Jy sources
4 RADIO PROPERTIES OF THE MRC 1-JY SAMPLE
4.1 ASKAP and VLA-5GHz radio sizes
4.2 Radio SEDs
4.3 Interplanetary scintillation
5 FLASH DETECTIONS OF H i 21-CM ABSORPTION
5.1 MRC 0531-237
5.2 MRC 2156-245
5.3 MRC 2216-281
6 DISCUSSION
6.1 Detection fraction
6.2 WISE colours
6.3 Radio properties
6.4 H i absorption in sources with interplanetary scintillation
6.5 AGN UV and radio luminosities
6.6 Dust & C IV properties
7 SUMMARY