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... and value adding irrigated rice production with local manufacturing jobs at Leeton, NSW - plus the environmental benefits of rice production. Sussan speaks with FlowFM listeners from prepoll at Leeton in the final days of the 2022 federal election campaign, concluding Saturday 21 May

The Nationals candidate for Barker drops in to the Flow broadcast centre at Roseworthy, SA to chat with Wayne and Rikki about his party's proposals for the rural seat of Barker running from the Riverland in the north through Mallee, Barossa, Murraylands, Coonawarra and Limestone Coast to Mount Gambier days before the 21 May 2022 federal election (pictured in the South East with federal agriculture...

The Labor candidate for the south east of SA right up to the Riverland, Mark Braes, addresses criticisms of Labor's record on putting in mobile phone towers and neighbouring Grey MP Rowan Ramsey's proposal to tie medical graduates and doctors to rural postcodes with their Medicare funding

Michael Arbon talks about the selfless campaigning of Craig Kelly who faces a huge threat in his own seat of Hughes yet has been across regional Australia supporting candidates during the 6-week election campaign

Anne Webster the Nationals MP seeking to win a second term on Saturday 21 May in federal parliament representing Mallee in north-western Victoria talks with Flow listeners about the major policy announcements and ministerial visits that have occurred during the campaign, and claims there's a risk for regional seats voting for independents or other parties not focused on regional Australia.

... the anointed next Health Minister (if the Morrison government is re-elected) also talks from her experience as a Riverland local and former minister on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and delivering 450GL for South Australia

The incumbent Liberal MP is proud of what he's delivered for south-eastern SA but says on regional health there's a 'nuclear option' being put forward by his neighbouring Liberal MP in Grey, Rowan Ramsey's idea of compelling medical graduates and GPs to work in regional Australia

... and her concerns that 450 gigalitres of water can not be delivered under the current Murray-Darling Basin Plan, speaking from her experience as past convenor of the Southern Riverina Irrigators.

The next federal parliament will determine the fate of a Murray-Darling Basin Plan with water recovery targets falling due in 2024 - and less than 5 per cent of the 450GL due to South Australia delivered thus far. Independent SA Senator Patrick makes the case for his re-election and how he plans to see SA receive more, on merit, that it currently gets due to claims of corruption and pork-barrellin...

The One Nation candidate for Riverina talks about Australia's food, water and fuel security and promoting Australian agriculture in the supply chain as he addresses the question of whether a vote for Pauline Hanson's One Nation is a vote for PM Scott Morrison

The Liberal MP talks about his experience after 5 terms representing Grey in getting results and weighs into the speculation about independent candidates running in the seat, volunteering that at pre-poll there's interest in 'independents' other than Liz Habermann

The member for Riverina speaks about Tim Fischer's legacy in the Lockhart region and the Coalition's investment in fixing mobile blackspots compared to Labor's term in office, also highlighting federal help to local communities improving their infrastructure and amenities.

A plunging Australian dollar on the currency exchanges boosted prices for producers in the national wool market in the week ending 14 May

... and reflects on the true value of wheat production in Australia relative to a historical benchmark to show, in real terms, Australian farmers are producing more and getting paid less for it.

Steve Karaitiana from Forbes talks about using the springboard of state MP success for the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party to take up the fight in Canberra, also discussing his heritage as a third generation showman from the boxing tent - and the struggles of homelessness, regional roads and country shows in the Riverina electorate

Veterinarian and president of the NSW Farmers Association James Jackson told Flow listeners he had grave concerns for Australia's livestock industry if a disease that can transmit as easily as fog over the English Channel reaches our shores, and said the need for a biosecurity levy on containers coming into Australia was needed to provide a guaranteed funding stream for biosecurity investment, reg...

The United Australia Party's candidate for the rural seat of Grey covering north and western South Australia, Suzanne Grey, describes 'climate action' as a fear campaign that will drastically reduce Australian farming, and talks about the region's health needs and more desirable locations for low-level nuclear waste storage than Kimba

The independent candidate says she supports the objectives of Climate 200 despite being knocked back for support from them for her campaign, and says her choice of teal as her campaign colour is a coincidence. Liz talks with Flow listeners about $1.3 trillion in debt, one of former Liberal MP for Grey's reasons for backing her instead of his Liberal successor Rowan Ramsey - and nominates Woomera a...

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says he'll be cautious on what the 'big German' ALDI says about Australians' meat shopping habits as he visits South Australia with Barker candidate Jonathan Pietzsch running against SA Liberal Tony Pasin MP - and on reaching Australia's $100 billion agriculture production target by 2030

The lead senate candidate for the best-performed state for the Great Australia Party in the senate races last election, South Australia, talks with Flow listeners about the importance of Australia's constitution and policies for farmers and regional Australia

In a wide-ranging interview Rowan Ramsey claims former Labor premier Mike Rann had changed position on the Kimba nuclear waste storage facility that the Liberal MP supports '15 km from his own farm', says Liberal members would be disappointed former Liberal MP for Grey Barry Wakelin has endorsed Liz Habermann the independent candidate and discusses a 'dossier' going around about his travel allowan...

A 20% income tax rebate for living over 200 kilometres from Adelaide and returning 25% of tax revenue from regions back into those regions are among the incentives United Australia Party's Mount Gambier based candidate for the eastern SA seat of Barker is promoting to invigorate regional SA. Mr Swiggs also tackles questions on how the UAP policy on home loan controls would work in practice - and s...

... tourism funding for the Great Ocean Road and distilleries, breweries and winery cellar doors - and the risk of voting independent on 21 May

Lee Morgan was 17 years old when his car was struck by a motorbike in 1974, rendering the rider in a critical condition. The rider was rock legend Bon Scott. 48 years later, Lee tells his spellbinding story, part of the subject of an ABC Australian Story episode to air Monday night.