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South Australia's shadow primary industries minister calls for more transparency from the Malinauskas Labor government on how it proposes contributing to the state's sheep and goat producers' costs of implementing mandated electronic traceability.

The Nationals member for Riverina praises the candidacy of Murray candidate and Edward River mayor Peta Betts as we discuss the recent meeting of Murray-Darling Basin state and federal ministers and the impact of water buybacks. We also discuss the NSW Nationals' record on building dams and the upcoming Lockhart Truck Show.

The federal member for Riverina responds to comments from the Australian Banking Association's Anna Bligh about the future of banking in regional Australia.

Trader Andrew Partridge joins us for Friday's Country Viewpoint program from 12 noon on FlowFM across regional NSW, Victoria and South Australia to update wool growers on how the wool market went this week and predicts some 'sideways' movement for the market in coming weeks, but perhaps some upside after that.

The Australian Banking Association's Anna Bligh recently highlighted the growing role Australia Post is playing in providing banking services via contracts with many banks in Australia Post outlets. We discuss with the general manager of retail services Josh Bannister what Bank@Post presently covers for regional Australians.

There's plenty more B-words in this chat with the Barker MP in south eastern Australia as we discuss some hot topics in the electorate from Mt Gambier and the Limestone Coast to the Riverland, Barossa and Mallee including regional bank branch closures and Kingston SE's BankSA temporary reprieve. We unpack the approach of the SA and federal Labor water ministers Close and Plibersek on the Murray Da...

This week in South Australia the David Speirs led SA Liberal opposition declared it would oppose the Malinauskas Labor government's bill to legislate a voice to parliament for indigenous South Australians. We talk with the shadow attorney general Josh Teague about why that is the case, and how the state constitution will be changed if the bill passes with the support of the South Australian Greens...

The vice president of the New South Wales Farmers Association, Rebecca Reardon, joins us to talk about 'ground truthing' the locking up of farming land - some of which has been identified as state strategic agricultural land - for ecological preservation, mining & gas or renewable energy purposes - if or a combination of them all. The NSW Farmers want a fully independent Agriculture Commission...

The federal agriculture minister Murray Watt was in Adelaide this week for a major regional agricultural technology conference and talks about South Australian and nationally strong agricultural production returns despite challenges like the weather and the farm labour shortage. We discuss clearing the visa backlog to find more workers on farm, the cost of electronic traceability of sheep and how...

A Bill to provide more time for mayors and councillors that failed to provide disclosure returns has passed the House of Assembly and is due for debate in the Legislative Council in late February 2023. The local government minister Geoff Brock is adamant the candidates received plenty of notice of their donation disclosure obligations but says the extension of time proposed by the Bill is not a pr...

The researchers at Flinders University have done their own mythbusting about previously believed levels of nutrients in the Great Australian Bight and associate professor Jochen Kaempf explains the significance of their discovery of a vital marine food chain component, phytoplankton and why it has turned previous beliefs about the Bight's nutrient structure on its head.

We review with agricultural analyst Dennis Voznesenski Australia's huge grain and canola harvest, storages, pricing and potential destinations such as China - and how the market is factoring the Ukraine-Russia conflict as we pass 1 year in since the Russian invasion.

Clare Valley Wine & Grape Association's Belinda Heinrich appeared on the Country Viewpoint discussing all things Clare Valley Gourmet Week as the highly anticipated May event looms closer. The region is widely considered one of the country’s most quintessentially Australian wine regions, with the event bringing to the fore the spectacular and award winning local wines and produce; celebrated c...

We speak with the politican who could soon be the minister for water, housing and homelessness in New South Wales about their stance on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan leading up to Friday's Ministerial Council meeting of Basin ministers, where NSW Labor stands on buybacks of farm water in the Basin, floodplain harvesting in the northern Basin and the dire shortage of housing in regional New South W...

Appearing on the Flow FM Country Viewpoint, internationally acclaimed, award-winning Australian musician Craig Giles discussed the upcoming Lameroo Country Music Festival and how much he's looking forward to heading back to regional South Australia. The Best Country Male Entertainer in A.C.M.L.A. People's Choice Awards from the year 2000 also discussed his Canada and Alaska cruise ship tours, his...

We speak with veterinarian and leader of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council, Nicola Centofanti within her portfolio areas of agriculture, water, the River Murray and regional South Australia about a new duck hunting inquiry proposed by her opposite number, environment minister Susan Close. We also cover the Minister's comments on the impact of buybacks in the South Australian Murray unde...

... we also discuss the NSW government's handling of its obligations under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan - 'moving from one foot to the other' according to Mrs Dalton - and the terrible stories of homelessness and impacts of housing shortages in the electorate of Murray, as we build up to the 25 March state election.

... and we discuss transparency on ministerial travel through a private member's bill South Australia's first One Nation MLC is moving today. Sarah Game MLC gives her initial reaction to a state government push for an inquiry into duck hunting in South Australia, the most permissive state in the nation for the practice and with Victoria the only two states that permit duck hunting at all. We also...

A recent bespoke set of mobile black spot funding was to address gaps in funding by the former Coalition government and was pledged before the election, the Communications Minister Michelle Rowland tells Flow listeners, as another major funding round looms that listeners can submit their views on where the major black spots are. Meanwhile, the federal government has given dating app providers some...

In February and March 2023 South Australians will have an opportunity to try out - via augmented reality - what an insect-based meal might look like, on these dates: Tonsley: 11am-2pm, Tuesday 28 February 2023. The Tonsley Pod, Tonsley Innovation District Willunga Farmers’ Market: 8am-11.30am, Saturday 4 March 2023. Willunga High School, Main Road, Willunga Adelaide Farmers’ Market: 8:30am-12pm, S...

We speak with the federal shadow minister for health and ageing on the labour and housing shortages in regional Australia and the potential impact on the health workforce in aged care, particularly nursing. We review the Royal Commission on Aged Care recommendations that may not have contemplated a labour shortage and discuss the South Australian senator's visit to the Yorke Peninsula. The Riverla...

The South Australian water minister wants to take a united front to the Murray Darling Basin Ministers' meeting on Friday and crticised the South Australian Liberal Opposition for not backing voluntary buybacks as a means to return water to the River Murray environment. We listen to comments earlier on Tuesday morning from Riverland resident and former irrigator, now Liberal senator Anne Ruston, o...

The Mildura Rural City Council has floated as many as 14 possible future rating proposals for revenue in future, one of which would hike farmers' council rates to help deliver rate relief to those living in Mildura. The state MP Jade Benham encouraged ratepayers to have their say on the proposals, and reflected on Labor premier Daniel Andrews clocking 3,000 days in office, earning him the right to...

The Victorian Nationals member for Mallee in north western Victoria is unclear at this stage whether a statement received by FlowFM over the weekend from the ANZ means curtains or salvation for the Robinvale branch closure as we discuss a busy first sitting fortnight of federal parliament. The Nationals moved a fresh inquiry into regional bank branch closures, the secretariat writing to the 'big f...

Andrew Partridge from Michell Wool joins Friday's Country Viewpoint program on FlowFM after a couple of positive trading weeks for wool producers - and after predicting worrying signs of decreased buying interest from China - the market fell early in the week, but recovered some ground by week's end.