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The man who could be the next New South Wales treasurer says the premier has it wrong on how the state economy is travelling, and despite yesterday's attack on Labor's alleged lack of a small business policies, some have already been announced and more are coming. With the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting on Tuesday and expected to raise interest rates another 25 basis points to contain inflation, Daniel Mookhey says the land tax policies of the government will hurt householders' personal budgets.

The northern Victorian Nationals MP and leader of the state party raises alarm at the state of regional Victorian roads prior to the pandemic and flooding, let alone now and calls for the state authorities to repair roads. Peter Walsh MP for Murray Plains says past Victorian Electoral Commission reviews into representation structures in regional councils haven't always worked out how councils wanted, and encouraged residents in Yarriambiack, Gannawarra, Northern Grampians and Buloke shires to have their say. We discuss the influx of new Nationals MPs into state parliament, what that means for the coalition agreement and shadow cabinet, and the new responsibilities Peter Walsh and his deputy, member for Lowan Emma Kealy, now have.

The Liberal Party's MP for the state's largest federal seat, Grey, talks with Flow listeners about a recent federal government funding announcement for William Creek residents near Oodnadatta with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the state of regional roads and addresses concerns voiced by others from Coober Pedy to Ceduna about alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour as federal parliamentary sittings resume this coming Monday.

We get the latest from the Wagga Thursday sheep sales with James Tierney from Riverina Livestock Agents and whilst there's positive news there, Monday's cattle sales were in the doldrums. Why? We pick James' brain on what might be going on and where there might be positives for livestock producers in the region during 2023.

Senior climatologist at the Bureau of Meteorology Dr Andrew Watkins updates FlowFM listeners in south-eastern Australia particularly farmers and other regional listeners on what their current long range forecast is indicating concerning the recently dominant La Nina and negative Indian Ocean Dipole pattern and what the Bureau is observing in long-term changes in those dominant weather systems due to climate change.

A lot of the hot topics from 2022 are still with us in early 2023 including the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and high input prices, but as Episode3.Net's Andrew Whitelaw explains, it's a mystery why some international easing on input price costs doesn't necessarily flow straight through to Australian producers. We also discuss the high cost of diesel squeezing returns for Australian cropping farmers.

Tracing sheep and lambs using electronic identification got a leg-up during 2022 due in no small part to the concerns Foot and Mouth Disease could find its way into Australia via Indonesia, and the implementation work continues involving Sheep Producers Australia's CEO Bonnie Skinner. We talk about where the costs of that plan might ultimately be borne, what the peak body has been supporting in research and development into preventing lamb mortality, discuss potential processing bottlenecks due to a backlog of visa processing ... and did Bonnie get some lamb on her fork during Australia Day celebrations?

The member for Flinders in South Australia's west already had a lot on his radar as a local MP including growing antisocial behaviour concerns in Ceduna, but with new shadow responsibilities for policing Sam Telfer talks with FlowFM about alcohol-fuelled antisocial behaviour concerns in Coober Pedy, the encouraging SA population growth data reported recently by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and why he's pushing for an additional Doppler radar in the Eyre Peninsula 'black spot' so local farmers and emergency services can better prepare for and respond to adverse weather conditions.

We speak with the shadow agriculture minister Mick Veitch MLC on the extent to which NSW Labor's pledges for a fully independent agriculture commissioner would match what the NSW Farmers Association are seeking this election, but how they would stop land use conflicts such as those seen in Gunnedah recently between farmers and miners, and with the HumeLink project.

From the Wagga aerodrome improvements to a tourist-attracting light show, the deputy premier was in Wentworth sharing a host of government announcements investing in the south western NSW town in the electorate of Murray, held by independent Helen Dalton. We discuss with NSW National Party leader Paul Toole (pictured centre) where the NSW Nationals are at on pokie reform and how - and why - that differs from their coalition partner, the NSW Liberals.