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COVID-19 and Indonesia's Foot and Mouth Disease situation have heightened farm and general public awareness of the importance of biosecurity measures and keeping pests out of farms, and Biosecurity SA's Dave Hubbard explains the initiatives farmers can take to minimise public entry onto their farms - and the risks unlawful entry onto farms poses

From Ukraine's stunning push-back in mid September 2022 near Kharkiv to 'bully boy' tactics by the Putin Russian regime on energy, the Australian National University professor of international security and intelligence studies John Blaxland discusses with regional Australian listeners on FlowFM what lessons can be learned from the conflict - and what the eye-watering rebuilding cost already looks...

... and Putin Russia's possible role in anti-fracking protests, also explaining why the Liberals and Nationals in opposition voted against the Albanese federal ALP government's net zero bill

The National Party's federal member for Mallee remains in Canberra for meetings scheduled to occur during what is now a cancelled sitting week and discusses her message commemorating the late monarch, her legacy in the Sunraysia region of north west Victoria and the ceremonies underway in Canberra marking the accession of King Charles III and how the PM will need to make up lost sitting time befor...

Michell's Andrew Partridge breaks down the areas of interest and concern for wool producers in this week's AWEX trading data

Thursday's report ( https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/record-grain-harvest-in-2020-21-exposed-issues-with-regulation-of-grain-ports) drew into focus what long-standing grain advocate Andrew Weidemann says the biggest test post deregulation of grain exports Australia has faced. We begin by discussing how the season is looking in early spring 2022 for farmers in the Wimmera and Andrew's Rupanyup...

Investing in infrastructure in South Australia provides a case study in the premium it delivers to farmers in farmgate prices with increased competition for grains, Market Check's Lachlan Condon discusses with Flow listeners across regional Victoria, South Australia and southern New South Wales

Processors and feedlotters are well and truly back in action as prices rise for cattle and sheep in south eastern Australia. Flow catches up with MLA's Steve Bignell for the latest.

SA Liberal senator's contribution to the Senate on Wednesday afternoon was derailed by interjections by a Greens senator accusing him of being 'racist' and making her feel 'unsafe' at work - it served to reinforce his point on free speech - More: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorAntic/videos/783587849733625/

In an exclusive to Flow listeners, the shadow minister for mental health in Victoria shares a multi-million dollar initiative if the Opposition wins government in November to improve psychologist numbers across Victoria. The Deputy leader of the Nationals and member for Lowan in Western Victoria also talks on RUOK? Day, Thursday 8 September, on why it's important not only to have conversations abo...

Victoria's mental health minister Gabrielle Williams talks with Flow listeners about why RUOK? Day is so important, and what initiatives the state government is taking particularly in north-western Victoria to support mental health needs in the region

The Victorian Nationals leader speaks with FlowFM listeners about regional roads and Murray Basin Rail, farmers' seasonal conditions in regional Victoria, whether the state government acted adequately on recent biosecurity threats including varroa mite and foot & mouth disease, and the VicForests decision not to pursue environmental activists over now $2 million awarded to it for failed environmen...

The member for Flinders covering western parts of South Australia - and former mayor of Tumby Bay - talks with Flow listeners about the number of candidates declared by the Electoral Commission of South Australia late on Tuesday 6 September 2022 for the November council elections, and the status of rate price monitoring by the Essential Services Commission of SA

A service in Clare within the member for Frome's own electorate is one example of community driven assistance for those in mental distress, as Penny Pratt discusses with FlowFM listeners the services available and importance of being open to conversations about mental health --- Those in distress can contact Lifeline: 13 11 14 – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and the text line 0477 13 11 14 - or Be...

Fresh from being dressed to the nines for the Agrifutures Rural Women's Awards at Parliament House, Canberra, the NSW Riverina MP Michael McCormack talks about the upcoming Lockhart Show, biosecurity, foot & mouth disease, local cropping conditions, bogged tractors - and the Riverina and Hume footy finals

From rail, freight and storage infrastructure to water policy in the Murray-Darling Basin with buybacks from farmers looming in 2024, FlowFM discusses with the National Farmers Federation CEO the NFF target for $100 billion farmgate value by 2030, on the day ABARES releases update data on national farmgate value at around $82 billion

The Executive Director of Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), the science and economics research division of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, joins Flow to share the latest insights from ABARES' cropping and commodity value data released on Tuesday 6 September 2022

The Shadow Assistant Minister for Transport and Infrastructure in the Dutton-Littleproud Coalition opposition talks from Canberra at the resumption of parliamentary spring sittings about Coalition grants programs now in limbo as the incoming Albanese Labor Government reviews those spending commitments, and whether a rural road safety spending initiative will continue as rural and regional road dea...

The Australian wool market has come off the recess sluggish, perhaps with indigestion driven by gas-fuelled demand concerns in Europe as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and related energy challenges continue - and winter looms

Cheryl Kalisch-Gordon from Rabobank Australia speaks with Rikki Lambert for Friday's Country Viewpoint program on Flow about the latest movements in grain and oilseed prices worldwide, how that affects and compares with Australian farmers' fortunes, and input costs - particularly urea and fertilisers - likely to rise as energy scarcity and the European winter develops

Thomas Elder Markets' Matt Dalgleish (pictured left, with Rikki Lambert at the Growing SA conference in Hahndorf, South Australia on Tuesday 30 August 2022) speaks with Rikki about this week's action in the livestock markets in Australia and market factors like Foot and Mouth Disease, processor labour shortages and rebuilding herd and flock numbers

The Deputy Chief Officer for the West Region of Victoria for the Country Fire Authority, Adrian Gutsche, speaks with Flow listeners about being informed about the new nationally consistent fire danger rating system in force from 1 September

Australia has adopted a new, simplified fire danger warning system after recent tragedies and inquiries indicated clearer advice to residents and landholders on when to prepare and when to evacuate at varying levels of fire danger. The South Australian emergency services minister joins Flow on the first day of spring as the weather warms up on how to be informed, including with the help of Country...

The MP for Flinders covering the Eyre Peninsula and South Australia's West Coast speaks with Flow as he hosts opposition leader David Speirs and shadow cabinet colleagues to Whyalla, the Eastern Eyre and Port Lincoln for community meetings and planning to promote regional South Australia

Overnight Standard and Poors / S&P provided an update on their economic outlook on South Australia and the shadow treasurer responded to comments from treasurer Stephen Mullighan provided to Flow that the negative outlook rating was placed on the state during the Marshall Liberal government's time in office prior to its defeat at the March 2022 state election