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The Northern Victoria MLC representing Derryn Hinch's Justice Party wants politicians to lead from the front on acceptable standards of behaviour and respect towards others in workplaces, hoping it will filter down into Victorian workplaces across the state.

Australia's farmers need fuel security in the absence of adequate on-shore storage, the VFF president Emma Germano says, which could mean metropolitan residents might need to ration fuel, car pool or be incentivised to use public transport more so there's enough diesel for farmers to feed the nation and a world with gloomy logistical and 2022 crop prospects

... and child care availability on the Yorke Peninsula. Ex-Liberal, now independent Ellis says he will introduce a private members' bill to give effect to the recommendations of a select committee that he and fellow re-elected independent Geoff Brock proposed.

Re-elected with a thumping majority, South East SA MP Nick McBride has thrown his hat into the Liberal leadership ring after ousted Premier Steven Marshall resigned, and says the positions he took over his first term have been vindicated by his own result and the party's performance in the Saturday March 19 election.

The NSW Farmers association president says the Dungowan or Mole River dams - or raising the Wyangala Dam wall - have hellish prospects contrasted with the federal government's remarkable $5bn federal election pledge to build a dam to open up 60,000 Ha of irrigated agriculture at Hell's Gate north west of a marginal electorate in Townsville, Qld. Mr Jackson describes the Murray Darling Basin Plan a...

The MP representing the lower Murray and Murray Bridge region in the electorate of Hammond is awaiting the counting between himself for the Liberal Party, the independent Airlie Keen and Labor's Belinda Owens showing a close race between he and Keen but Mr Pederick questions whether the ECSA should be running himself vs 2nd placed Owens. The Hammond MP responds to overlapping federal Liberal MP fo...

The Victorian Nationals MP talks about the high cost of fuel and debate about the fuel excise possibly being halved, frozen or stalled to provide regional Australians relief at the bowser, and isn't aware of neighbouring Liberal MP Tony Pasin's 'regional MP' push for the federal government to contribute more to mobile phone tower costs as a incentive for telcos to fix more black spots

The federal member for Barker says he, Senator Alex Antic and Nicolle Flint have been pushing back against the policy and membership decisions within the SA Liberal Party that he says have contributed to the Marshall Liberal government's loss on Saturday

Mr Brock makes the stunning admission he only campaigned for 5-6 weeks in Stuart out of respect for incumbent Liberal MP Dan Van Holst Pellekaan, the sitting deputy premier he displaced from the seat - and towards whom he has generous plaudits

There's a potential and pleasant surprise development on China's sanctions against Australian barley with one of the world's biggest markets needing barley due in large part to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Dennis tells Flow listeners.

@SABEST_Party upper house candidate Keyvan Abak is not your regular 9-5 political candidate. Abak is a refugee who hails from a persecuted minority and was held in detention in Australia after fleeing his birthplace during the Howard Prime Ministership. During this time, Abak taught himself English by reading children's books and dictionaries as a child and this was how he first honed his leadersh...

Nick McBride answers his critics on the upcoming South East Field Days event following the removal of vaccinated-only patrons being allowed entry and clarifies the lack of health budget for the southeast of South Australia.

A household bug stalled the Victorian Nationals' MP for the western Victorian seat visiting towns in Lowan but Emma Kealy was back on the hustings on Thursday heading to Jeparit and talked about the latest illicit drug data in regional Victoria, heroin injecting rooms and the allegations within the Victorian ALP about harassment of women like Kashuliya Vaghela MLC and the late senator Kimberley Ki...

The incumbent Liberal Party MP in an electorate radically reshaped to now draw incumbent Frome independent Geoff Brock MP into the race for Stuart responds as minister for energy and resources to Labor criticisms on power prices, unemployment and the Opposition's costings on hydrogen and for the election, and lists road improvement achievements in Stuart over the last term in office. Mr Van Holst...

Seeking to carry on where retiring incumbent Liberal MP Peter Treloar left off, Sam Telfer highlights the need for better protection for farmers faced with mineral exploration, improving infrastructure for farmers to get their product to market, addresses the serious health needs within the electorate and commits to local road improvements not secured during this term of government.

The Family First candidate most likely of any to secure a seat in State Parliament after Saturday March 19's poll says religious freedom is the top of his agenda, whilst cost of living pressures driven largely by the oil price spike he says the SA Government can help with by containing its debt and spending - and he will introduce a bill to give the next government an austere helping hand. Tom als...

Labor's long-standing Giles MP speaks with Flow about the communities' needs in the north-east of South Australia in outback communities when it comes to restoring roads and improving healthy water supply, health services and the importance of mining to the region

SA Best's candidate wants the Australian Defence Force to locate a battalion in Whyalla to support the local community and jobs, whilst also taking aim at both Labor's policy on hydrogen power and the Liberals' commitment on investigating desalination in the Upper Spencer Gulf, saying both will be bad for the cuttlefish. As the family proprietor of what he claims is SA's last remaining video store...

The independent candidate for Narungga says someone must be using WD40 to shift rusted voters in her direction for the Saturday March 19 state poll, with the independent-held seat potentially a king-maker with multiple independents standing for re-election and neither major party possibly able to form majority government. Diana talks about the farming and mining conflicts on the Yorke Peninsula pa...

Meat and Livestock Australia's manager for market information Stephen Bignell catches up with Flow listeners on the early March movements on sheep, cattle and a surprise surge in goat processing numbers.

South Australian barley growers gained strongest this week in part due to the blockage of grains getting out of the Black Sea due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, as Market Check's Tess Walch runs through the factors that will drive bullish to bearish outlooks for Australian grain growers

Human cases of JEV have been detected in South Australia after first detections in regional Victoria and NSW principally concerning piggeries, but Dr Lease reassures listeners - you're safe to eat bacon.

With global supply chains clogging up and plenty of wool about, one would have thought a high supply in Australia's auction houses might dent prices. Not so! Why? Steven Read runs through promising signs in the Australian wool market

The University of Adelaide has developed a proof-of-concept use of activated carbon material to protect the fruit on wine grape vines from being tainted by smoke in bushfire-prone areas, and Professor Wilkinson explains the next trials explore a more commercially palatable coverage approach for vines. Read More: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2022/03/08/when-smoke-gets-in-your-vine...