Country View Point

After being officially announced as the new President of the National Farmers Federation, David Jochinke appeared on the Flow airwaves to discuss the main topics he expects to be across during his presidency of Australian farming's peak body. The Victorian producer, who hails from Murra Warra in western Victoria, an area situated inside Flow FM's listener network, has replaced Fiona Simson who ser...

As the countdown to Christmas continues, so does the anticipation of many Flow listeners based in South Australia's Mid North when it comes to the upcoming Eudunda Christmas Street Party, scheduled for the 1st of December. Eudunda Street Party organising committee members, Jamie Ward and Courtney Schutz shared details about the event upon visiting the Flow studios in Roseworthy, South Australia, h...

Michell Wool's Andrew Partridge checked in on the Country Viewpoint Friday edition for a look at the wool markets and the AFL Grand Final. It was another slow week for trading, though similarly to last week Andrew focused on the positive elements of the east and west markets.

Michell Wool's Andrew Partridge unwrapped another week of the wool markets on the Market Day edition of the Country Viewpoint this week. Partridge offered his thoughts on a slow week on the markets front, the strengthening of the Aussie dollar and the 34th Nanjing Wool Market Conference taking place in Zhangjiagang,

Michell Wool's Andrew Partridge appeared on the Market Day edition of the Country Viewpoint this week and was ecstatic to report on positive results seen in latest wool market sales. The market recorded a solid increase in the latest selling series, with all sectors recording either increased or unchanged levels when compared to the previous selling series.

Michell Wool's Andrew Partridge commented on another mixed bag of market trade in the wool sector on this week's Country Viewpoint Market Day edition on Flow FM. While the market fell after last week's positive result, movements made late on in the series came as a relief for many in the industry.

Michell Direct Wool's Andrew Partridge appeared on the Market Day Country Viewpoint to comment on the wool market falling for the second consecutive series. Partridge is a regular wool market correspondent on the Country Viewpoint Friday program.

On-site at the Mallee Machinery Field Days in Speed, Victoria, Wayne the Flowman sat down with schoolkids from the Tempy Primary School to discuss their latest award-winning conservation project. The focus of the project was to initiate protective measures for Malleefowl birds.

Australian-based world-renowned fertility expert, Gabriela Rosa recently told Flow FM listeners that couples are often left in the dark about the real reasons behind not being able to have a baby or more children. Appearing on the Country Viewpoint program, Rosa said IVF treatment, for a host of complex reasons, should not be so heavily relied upon by couples struggling to conceive

Regional and remote pharmacy proprietors have spoken out about a recent government announcement ensuring future viability for their operating models, stating that their businesses are now delicately poised with changes being implemented to dispensary procedures for patients based in isolated parts of the country. FlowNews reached out to two remote pharmacy proprietors in Ben Brndusic who owns and...

Australia's housing crisis continues to plague tenants and home seekers, with many individuals intending to join the long queues of regional Aussies already struggling to secure rental properties. Founder of market research platform Suburbtrends, Kent Lardner, appeared on Flow FM's Country Viewpoint to discuss the current rent pain many Australians are currently enduring amid Australia's housing c...

Graham McKay, or affectionately otherwise known as 'Spud' on the Flow Friday Sports Show with Wayne Phillips, appeared on Flow FM's Country Viewpoint program this week to update listeners on the state of South Australian farms over the June period. The State copped a major drenching last week and McKay was front and center of it on his farming property in Jamestown. Morning Show host Wayne 'the Fl...

A new Newspoll, released this morning, shows that the Yes vote is failing to secure half of the national vote and now has the No backing in the majority of all states outside of NSW and Victoria. Federal Liberal Senator, Alex Antic, appeared on the Country Viewpoint today to offer his thoughts on the flailing support for the upcoming referendum.

Member for Hammond, Adrian Pederick, has called recent budget decisions in South Australia into question. Appearing on the Flow FM Country Viewpoint, Mr Pederick emphasised his opposition to the decision to skew a large volume of spends meant for regional road repairs in one city, Mount Barker, which is only 32.3km from Adelaide’s CBD. The funds from the recent state budget which have been secured...

Social connector and relationship and body language expert Katia Loisel appeared on Flow FM’s Country Viewpoint program this week to inform listeners that there are, in her opinion, practical ways to navigate soaring cost-of-living prices in the supermarket aisles.

Peter Fraser lost his daughter 11 years ago on the Hume Highway in New South Wales due to an incident that was avoidable. Speaking on the Country Viewpoint program, former Breaky Flow host Hannah Phillips interviewed Fraser about the incident which took the life of his daughter, Sarah, with the current national road toll statistics at an alarmingly high level just five months into 2023.

The current South Australian Minister for Regional Roads took the opportunity to discuss his late wife’s heartbreaking story on the Flow FM Country Viewpoint program this week. After last week’s focus on missing children who have never returned home, the theme of the Country Viewpoint this week has been road safety, off the back of last week’s National Road Safety Week initiatives and the current...

Research-intensive Associate Professor in Architecture and Enterprise Fellow at UniSA, Dr Lyrian Daniel, has told Flow FM that the pandemic intensified sections of accommodation across the country amid Australia’s currently worsening housing crisis. Speaking on the Country Viewpoint program, Daniel told listeners that in her opinion, the pandemic was key in exposing Australia’s subpar housing cond...

President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Dr Nicole Higgins, says government red tape is prohibiting Australia from securing critically needed medical graduates. Many regional and rural parts of the country are skimping by with either part-time doctors, travel doctors or no healthcare service at all and Higgins told Dan Crouch on the Flow FM Country Viewpoint program that...

The Member for Mallee Anne Webster recently appeared on the Country Viewpoint program on Flow FM, providing a commentary on the latest regional health developments as well as giving her position on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health expressed her concerns for those living in remote and regional parts of the country suffering from Type 1 diabetes a...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, Dr Suraj Samtani, from the UNSW, appeared on the Country Viewpoint program recently discussing a study that was undertaken which highlighted that social interaction reduces dementia risk and increases longevity. Samtani discussed a range of issues in the thought-provoking segment.