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The South Australian primary industries minister commends South Australia's grain growers who weathered challenging conditions to smash the previous 2016/17 record for their grain harvest. We discuss the impact the 12 million plus tonnes had on South Australia's regional roads, particularly on the upper Yorke Peninsula.

The shadow agriculture minister claims the federal agriculture department is being left to foot the bill for biosecurity whilst it is a shared responsibility with the environment portfolio, as we discuss the newly opened DAFF consultation into the proposed biosecurity cost recovery model

In late March the water minister Tanya Plibersek announced a buyback program from irrigators of water for the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin, largely in New South Wales waterways, including a 10 gigalitre recovery program in the NSW Murray. We speak with the CEO of the NSW Irrigators Council about her organisation's view on that proposal, reaction to the snap consultations on the buyback...

The re-elected Liberal MP for the southern New South Wales seat of Albury speaks with FlowFM listeners in the western part of the electorate about achievements late in the last term of the Perrottet-Toole Coalition government, and the challenge of advocating for community under a Minns Labor government.

South Australian senator Alex Antic explains why he took up the cause first raised in federal parliament by George Christensen to pursue life support for babies born alive during pregnancy termination, and we discuss recent claims the senator made in parliament about excess deaths reported in Australia and how the COVID-19 pandemic has been handled.

The New South Wales Farmers have a new government to deal with, and their president Xavier Martin was fulsome in his praise for the former government and the incoming one, after the state faced biosecurity threats among other challenges. We discuss the federal-state traceability of sheep and goats initiative, the future of buybacks of Murray-Darling Basin water from farmers, and independent oversi...

The independent member for Murray is tickled pink to be re-elected for another term, representing the south-western New South Wales seat in the lower house with a strong endorsement from the electorate ahead of Nationals candidate Peta Betts. We discuss with Helen Dalton her top topics to raise on Macquarie Street in Sydney with the first new government in the state in 12 years as Chris Minns' Lab...

Driver distraction and the use of mobile phones in cars are some of the key concerns highlighted by South Australia's police minister after a shocking start to the 2023 calendar year on SA's roads, particularly with a significant spike in regional casualties with many country people dying not far from where they live.

The Nationals MP for Mildura speaks with FlowFM listeners in the state's north-west about the challenges collecting firewood due to government regulation, grants that have been received or are available to the local community - and the expediting of work on a vital rehabilitation service.

There's plenty of peculiar elements to pick through in this week's wool market with differing outcomes across the merino wool categories and various elements at play in supply and demand, as we discuss with Michell Wool's Andrew Partridge.

Episode3.Net's Andrew Whitelaw cautions farmers about diving into long-range carbon sequestration deals as we also discuss planting intentions this coming season, where the weather's heading and getting some transparency on fertiliser use ... and how carbon itself is accounted for against the social good any given product provides, such as food security.

The National Party leader outlines why his party decided in Canberra this week to push for cigarette-style regulation of vaping products, and responds to a criticism from health minister Mark Butler seeking to link a donation from Philip Morris International to the announcement. We also discuss with the shadow agriculture minister the future of live exports in Australia for sheep and cattle and th...

Australian Monarchist League spokesperson Alessandro Rosini joins us from Melbourne to talk about the possibility of a public holiday for some Australians in recognition of the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III in May, after the Western Australian premier indicated some interest in doing so. We discuss a number of other precedents from the late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's coronation...

There are moves by some energy retailers through the Australian Energy Regulator (or equivalent authority) to allow south eastern Australian rooftop photovoltaic panel owners to be charged for generating energy at peak times. We discuss this and a claim by a University of South Australia academic on Tuesday 21 March 2023 that there may need to be a levy to address the cost of recycling an estimate...

The shadow health and ageing minister Anne Ruston (pictured, right) joins FlowFM listeners across regional south-eastern Australia to discuss the admission by Aged Care minister Anika Wells on Monday that the legislated May target, one year from the election, to have registered nurses available continuously in every aged care facility in the nation, will not be reached. The South Australian senato...

The shadow minister for regional roads Jenny Aitchison joins us on FlowFM in the NSW Riverina across to Wentworth in the state's south-west to discuss how the Parliamentary Budget Office's analysis of election pledges by the Liberal-National Coalition government and Labor opposition stack up when it comes to regional road upgrades and repairs.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest Synthesis Report overnight Monday Australian time, and we speak with one of the IPCC members, the Australian National University's Mark Howden on what specifically the recommendations might spell for Australian farmers

The Nationals member for Mallee Anne Webster speaks with FlowFM listeners in north-western Victoria and across regional SA and southern NSW about the challenges the aged care sector faces as the federal Albanese Labor government implements Royal Commission recommendations in regional Australia. First, we discuss this week's debate in Canberra's parliamentary sittings about energy prices and the sa...

No it's not Scooby Doo and Shaggy but maybe the next best thing, as Andrew and Rikki explore the mystery of a shorter week of Australian Wool Exchange trade where prices took a hammering.

Rabobank's regional manager Roger Matthews joins us again on FlowFM to update the latest changes in farmer sentiment across regional South Australia into the north-west of Victoria.

Australia's trade and tourism minister, Clare Valley resident and South Australian Labor senator Don Farrell joins us on FlowFM to talk about how trade relations with China are going, with the potential the 'freeze' is over, and how the recent India trade mission went. We discuss personal anecdotes appreciated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a Mrs Ebert from Goa, India who taught the Aus...

Founding director of The Livestock Collective and Western Australian merino farmer, Steven Bolt, chats with FlowFM listeners across regional Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia about how the federal Labor government's move to phase out live exports of sheep will affect the broader livestock industry, why the ban is based on an outdated perspective on live exports, and how the refrigerate...

Across regional South Australia, Victoria and southern NSW, we speak with Meat and Livestock Australia's Jenny Lim about the latest trade in sheep and cattle in Australia amid increased supply, consistent processing availability and a clear pricing difference in both commodities between south-eastern Australia and Qld / northern NSW.

Rabobank agricultural analyst Dennis Voznesenski is visiting South Australia through to the weekend and has been chatting with farmers about a range of their concerns and interests, including barley trade with China, what to do with stored lentils, the growing amount of on-farm storage and soil moisture across FlowFM's audience areas in regional South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wal...

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan isn't a contest between the interests of irrigators and the environment, river ecologist and UNSW professor Richard Kingsford tells FlowFM listeners in southern NSW and across regional Victoria and South Australia, as we discuss river health after recent flooding, forecasts of drier conditions to return, carp infestation, cold water pollution, NSW's water sharing perf...