Country View Point

Stephanie Cooke Member for Cootamundra continues her monthly update.
New varroa mite and regenerative ag research.
Chief Executive National Rural Health Alliance Susi Tegen speaks on a new report unpacking growing rural health spending gap.
Regional Round-Up.
20/10/2026

Stephanie Cooke, Member for Cootamundra shares the monthly update and the Cootamundra Mayoral Summit intro.
Chief Executive National Rural Health Alliance Susi Tegen speaks about the new report on unpacking growing rural health spending gap.
Victorian dairy industry update on the calls for milk prices to rise to help farmers beat input cost challenges.
Regional Round-Up.
19/10/2026

National Carers Week highlights support needs for regional carers & prompts fire safety warning for CFA ahead of summer.
Landcare South Australia CEO Paula Jones on State Landcare Conference 2026 (taking place in Murray Bridge Oct 16 & 17).
New farmer mental health report unveils concerning findings about farmer welfare amid challenging times.
Regional Round-Up (top headlines and stories from the week).
15/10/2026

Macquarie University research explores friendly fungi that could help protect honeybees from varroa AND CSIRO leads 5 year project to test regenerative farming practices that could help grain growers across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales adapt to a more variable climate.
Wendy Mallon from the Urana Courthouse Museum and Mick Robinson from the Urana Vintage Machienery Club talk about the big week of event’s in Urana (locally dubbed “rally week”).
National Safe Work Week Wrap.
Regional Round-Up (NRN Market Updates).
14/10/2026

Rabobank 2026/2027 Australian winter crop forecast 'larger but lower.
National Rural News interview with Gabrielle Hodson and Member for Farrer David Farley on water buy backs.
SA Government delays new phosphine rules and the grain industry response.
Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster shares the September/October update and news on roads and fuel prices.
Regional Round Up and Ag News.
13/10/2026

The 2026 Norco National Farmer Wellbeing wrap up. 
SA executive programmer Sarah Knight discusses new Soundworks series making its way across regional SA.
Road safety warning for harvest season from National Heavy Vehicle Regulator.
Regional round up.
12/10/2026

Road safety message from the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator as this year's bumper grain harvest gets underway.
Wrap up of this week's special interview with Lt. Cl. Garry Spencer, founder of operation grain harvest assist, a national initiative that connects former and retired Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel with grain producers and agricultural businesses to help fill seasonal harvest workforce shortages - as the program gears up for its fifth year and a hopeful upcoming expansion.
Dr Anne Webster continues her monthly report on the regional aged care forum and October plans.
A closer look at Australia's cotton industry ahead of a dry summer.
Regional Round-Up - ag and local headlines from the week.
8/10/2026

Local news on the Network 10 shutdown and the thousands of regional SA and NSW residents to lose free-to-air access to Network 10 channels this Friday as WIN Television and Network 10 fail to reach a longer-term program supply agreement.
Pinnaroo Show and Field Day update with show Secretary Lynne Summerton.
Following on with the chat about Operation Grain Harvest Assist.
Regional Round-Up, market update from National Rural News team.
7/10/2026

National Workplace Safety Month gets underway and the CFA issues its annual haystack fire safety warning.
Lt Col Garry Spencer AM and Founder of Operation Grain Harvest Assist speaks about the national initiative launched in 2021 that connects retired Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel with grain growers needing skilled harvest operators.
Concerns rise over potential job losses at major South East SA employer Millicent Arbex tissue Mill.
September October catch-up with Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster, talking fuel prices and regional road safety.Regional Round-Up 
6/10/2026

Workforce shortage discussed with founder of Operation Harvest Assist , Lieutenant Colonel Garry Spenser AM.
Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster wraps up September news on roads and petrol.
National Rural News and a look at new bird scaring done technology.
Regional Round Up.
1/10/2026