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The member for Eildon shares with Flow listeners on 106.3FM the local impacts of heavy rain and flooding including from Lake Eildon releases, as well as the Tuesday announcement of $10m pledged for gymnastics in Victoria if the Opposition succeed at the next election - and responds to the Monday announcement of the Andrews Labor government providing $15m to Netball Australia after it lost major sp...

South Australia's peak livestock organisation is seeking input from sheep and goat producers as its steering committee continues to stay on top of changes being driven nationally to implement electronic traceability for sheep and goats, as is in place for the cattle industry. Livestock SA CEO Travis Tobin discusses among other considerations the cost and practicality of the scheme for SA producers...

An information evening for Vineyard parents and potential new enrolments from 7:30pm Tuesday 1 November will give the Clare community an opportunity to hear more about the expansion of Vineyard Lutheran School's offerings as a new campus of Horizon Christian School in 2023

Fired for his faith, Lee Jones has decided to take a stand for religious freedom and family values as a lead candidate for the revived Family First Party at the 26 November state election. DISCLAIMER: interviewer Rikki Lambert was a Family First member and candidate in South Australia during 2006 to 2016

... as the Greens also call for the Malinauskas Labor government to reinstate battery and PV solar grants axed in the government's first budget since winning office at the March election

The Australian wool market was going well for producers for a couple of weeks but has fallen back again this week, as we discuss demand and supply factors including the younger generation turning their hand to shearing

We look at cropping and market conditions in the USA, Argentina and the Black Sea whilst Australian grain and canola growers deal with wetter crops, delayed harvest and challenging conditions with wet soil and flooding preventing entry into paddocks

Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole was at the Wagga Wagga Special Activation Precinct today and says there has never been a better time to invest in regional NSW as the state government puts $1 billion on the table in a Regional Investment Attraction Strategy to harness the full value of the regions’ potential and making them the location of choice for private sector investmen...

By volume on the Meat and Livestock Australia indicators Wagga Wagga saw the highest number of cattle and sheep traded and we catch up again with Riverina Livestock Agents' James Tierney fresh from Thursday's lamb sales on the latest selling activity - and the impact flooding is having locally and on the market.

... and sourcing shearers and getting wool to market are among the other current challenges for wool producers discussed with the Woolproducers Australia CEO Jo Hall in this discussion with regional FlowFM listeners

The shadow assistant minister for transport and infrastructure spoke with FlowFM regional Australian listeners including in his own South Australian local electorate of Barker about the contrast of federal spending of $2.2 billion on the Suburban Rail Loop versus the truck freight burden and damage on regional Victorian roads that Murray Basin Rail might resolve, and regional South Australian road...

Regional roads are copping a hammering from wet weather and with worse to come as a bumper harvest comes off thanks to a lingering La Nina cycle and Tuesday's Federal Budget offers plenty to unpack on disaster resilience, better freight movement - and better allocation of grants into regions after the end of the controversial Building Better Regions Fund. We speak with Transport Infrastructure Reg...

Outrage, horror are some of the expressions the north western Victorian federal MP uses to describe measures in Labor's first federal budget in 9 years. NOTE: The instant asset write-off mentioned in this interview Flow understands was a budget initiative of the former government scheduled to expire next June, not a measure in this Budget.

Farmers should be pleased to see funding committed in the next 5 years for mobile and internet coverage in regional areas, with faster internet speeds promised for 660,000 regional Australians - but they'll have to compete to get a share of that investment in funding rounds

The Victorian Liberal MP for the federal seat of Wannon in south-west Victoria and shadow immigration minister talks with Flow listeners about the federal government's budget pledges into Victoria including billions for renewable energy poles-and-wires and suburban rail loop, the minister's political appearance at an Andrews government re-election event and the mystery over returning jihadi brides

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Dams, water policy, Murray Basin Rail, renewable energy and the 'nuclear conversation' are all on the agenda as we catch up with The National Party leader David Littleproud the day before the Albanese Labor government's first budget in 12 years

Not long ago the talk in the Murray-Darling Basin and across Australia was about drought-proofing the nation but amid a major flood event with the river height at Echuca-Moama on the Vic-NSW border exceeding 1956 levels, now roadways and dams may need to be raised to flood-proof electorates like the southern NSW seat of Murray, held by independent Helen Dalton. We catch up with Helen fresh from vi...

Recent University of Washington research ( https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/966740) indicates La Niña could be with us for some time yet as Australian flooding and heavy rain impacts southern and eastern Australian communities, the South Australian senator questions whether alarm over climate has driven a surge into renewables when other investments might be prudent

Inflows to South Australia could reach 120,000 megalitres per day or more by December, so the State Emergency Service is encouraging shack owners in particular downstream of Cadell on the Murray River to prepare properties now for what minor to moderate flooding potential going into the summer. Chief of Staff at the SES Derren Halleday sets out the times the workshops are occurring this weekend in...

Jetties like his own as former mayor at Tumby Bay down to at Kingston South East were in the spotlight this week at state parliament in Adelaide for the member for Flinders and shadow minister for local government Sam Telfer - as well as claims of electoral involvement by members of the Local Government minister's own office in preference arrangements for council election candidates in Adelaide

Former regular Michell Wool correspondent with FlowFM for the Friday wool report Steven Read was tragically lost recently and Michell's correspondent since April, Andrew Partridge and Flow's Rikki Lambert express their gratitude for Steven's involvement in their lives and the wool industry on a sombre note at the end of an otherwise positive market report for Australian wool producers.

Rain and flooding impacts on Victorian and New South Wales grain crop harvest and quality heads the discussion as we look at the comparative situation for South Australian growers and the latest international market and crop harvest announcements

Episode3's Matt Dalgleish chats with Flow listeners about the latest movements in the Australian cattle and sheep markets and export market opportunities

Australians like to make light of tough situations and whether its snatch straps as the hot property for farmers this harvest or the Swan Hill KFC running out of chicken, Quambatook farmer and Graingrowers Ltd chair Brett Hosking helps us through a challenging harvest season with insights on how rain affected Australia's grain crop might be - and we return to the conversation of getting grain and...