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The Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific speaks with local broadcaster in his Riverina electorate, FlowFM the morning of the comments by the Australian Foreign Minister in The Guardian in a thinly veiled attack on his former government's diplomatic efforts in the Indo-Pacific. Michael McCormack, member for Riverina (pictured centre) talks about the state of local roads, fa...

Grain Producers South Australia CEO Brad Perry discusses new project exploring future options for grain silo bags, the need for farming practices to take on more recycling initiatives and how harvest has progressed for many producers across the state.

Stephen Kho, cyber security expert, discusses the latest scams to look out for in 2023. Hackers have carried the same form into the new year with online scams continuing to evolve and appearing more legitimate than ever. Kho elaborates on how to safeguard vulnerable online users from particular online threats, such as the new MyGov scam, which many Australians are currently being duped into engagi...

Brodie Bush, an Australian Defence Force veteran, with a service career spanning nearly 13 years, discusses the topic of no more medication mix-ups for Australian Veterans with a new program that is aiming to improve outcomes for Australian Veterans.

The CSIRO's mouse expert Steve Henry (pictured left) joins FlowFM to talk about the recent cropping conditions and concerning signs from early trap inspections in regional South Australia, the problem with crop abandonment in parts of eastern Australia and the safety of baits used by farmers as opposed to the retail-sold baits that can pose serious risks to family pets.

Naracoorte in South Australia's South East region was one shining light for property price growth in the latest data from the South Australian Valuer General, according to REISA CEO Andrea Heading in our chat about the positives from the data across regional SA.

South Australian senator and shadow minister for health and sport Anne Ruston (pictured, centre) joins us on Flow to outline whey the Coalition Opposition want oversight on how the Queensland state government spends public funds to build facilities for the 2032 Olympics, responds to assistant minister for health Ged Kearney's formation of a panel to investigate what the Labor MP calls 'medical mis...

David Landini is an advocate for reviving historical pushes for a separate Australian state west of the Great Dividing Range to give greater autonomy for those living not just in his own state of New South Wales, but prospectively those in northern Victoria if not even adjoining parts of South Australia. The Wakool local is running in the NSW state election for the seat of Murray, currently held b...

The federal assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones joins us on FlowFM to talk about global ratings agency S&P Global's tick of approval for Australia's cherished Triple-A credit rating and their expectation Australia may stave off the worst of recession. The minister isn't being complacent, saying inflation and cost of living relief are a delicate matter to be ad...

We speak with the shadow treasurer Angus Taylor about the essay published in the Monthly by federal treasurer Jim Chalmers which his shadow says aims to put the government at the centre of the economy, not everyday Australians.

Kathryn Taffs speaks with southern NSW listeners on FlowFM about the updated River Condition Index, the latest status of the data available and what recent flooding events might mean for river health in the indicators.

'Completely bogus' is the way the South Australian health minister Chris Picton describes claims made on FlowFM this morning by the shadow minister, the Liberals' Ashton Hurn, about ramping figures from last February compared with now. Ms Hurn told Flow listeners that over almost 12 months the wait times to get into emergency departments in Adelaide had almost doubled. Minister Picton points to th...

The South Australian Liberal shadow minister for health and member for Schubert Ashton Hurn joins us to talk about the ramping situation she says is worse now than it was when the former Marshall government left office. Yet the ambulance union is conspicuous by its silence. The MP for the regional electorate for Schubert including the Barossa Valley also talks about her latest regional trips inclu...

The shadow education minister explains why his government didn't ban mobile phones in high schools outright during the Marshall Liberal government's term in office (2018-2022) and attacks the Malinauskas Labor government's measures leading up to the start of the South Australian school year on Monday 30 January 2023. The former education minister says his government didn't promise or impose a ban,...

The South Australian education minister hopes for a 2023 school year without the interruptions due to COVID-19 measures in recent years and talks about the modern bullying that can occur in schools through the use of mobile phones and social media. Minister Boyer responds to the Opposition's claims on Wednesday 25 January 2023 that the government's measures restricting mobile phone use in high sch...

Threatened species such as the short-fin mako shark and smooth hammerhead shark have been identified via DNA testing for sale in South Australian fish and chip outlets in a dilemma for shop owners as well with the challenge tracing back to what is caught, processed and sold wholesale as 'flake' for general public consumption. Professor Bronwyn Gillanders from the University of Adelaide's School of...

The mayor of the Edward River Council centred on Deniliquin, NSW has been endorsed as the NSW Nationals candidate for the south-western seat of Murray at the March state election. We speak for the first time with the fledgling candidate on various policy concerns in the large regional seat.

The southern NSW seat of Albury hasn't been in ALP hands for 35 years but that's not deterring young Thurgoona teacher Marcus Rowland from aiming to unseat incumbent Liberal Justin Clancy from his safe seat. With a particular emphasis on the Federation Council area, we speak about roads, teachers and supporting our farmers.

Before heading to Leeton NSW campaigning to retain the seat for a second term, independent MP for Murray Helen Dalton talks Carp, Roads, local clubs and problem gambling - and how she might lean if the March state election delivers, as she hopes, a hung parliament.

The South Australian Liberal Party leader speaks with FlowFM listeners about the minister for water, Dr Susan Close, 'dithering' over a decision on where to situate a desalination plant on the Eyre Peninsula for future water security. The former water minister who initiated the consultation process on the controversy over a site calls for the minister's resignation as we also discuss state and reg...

During a visit to South Australia the deputy leader of the federal Liberal Party and FlowFM regular as the member for Farrer in western NSW, Sussan Ley talks about the challenges in healthcare and roads facing regional people she is meeting in SA - and in her own electorate. We also discuss with the shadow minister for women the Communication Minister Michelle Rowland's Wednesday 25 January summit...

From regional roads and rail through the recent biosecurity challenges to the farm labour workforce, the NSW Farmers Association president Xavier Martin shares with FlowFM listeners in southern NSW the organisation's areas of focus for the March state election.

The federal assistant minister for education joins us on FlowFM to talk about the way those already working in remote areas or those accepting offers to work there can have their higher education study debt covered by the federal government to support them relocating to those regions.

The former head of the Australian Christian Lobby speaks with FlowFM about why he's running as an independent at the head of a voting ticket supported by the fledgling reborn Family First Party. Lyle addresses a host of policy topics from gender ideology in schools to the World Economic Forum's Davos event this week, measures taken in the name of COVID-19 and whether a royal commission is needed,...

The Australian wool market finished 2022 on a high and is off to a flyer in its first two weeks, we look into the driving factors including Chinese demand with Andrew Partridge from Michell Wool.