We discuss the process for re-opening South Australian state roads now emerging from beneath receding floodwaters, caution and requests to motorists regarding how or when they travel on those roads and anticipated management of ferries and access roads.

The member for Lowan in Western Victoria says corellas are damaging local infrastructure and natural assets again this breeding season and called on the state government to release its corella management strategy.

The newly appointed shadow assistant minister for regional health, Dr Anne Webster, speaks about concerns in her north western Victorian electorate of Mallee about potential closures due to an inflexible approach to implementing aged care reforms, the shortage of regional doctors and nurses and an imminent summit she is organising to address regional health concerns.

We head off the beaten track with South Australian Liberal senator Alex Antic to see what's being hidden from public debate, including a possible digital identity being implemented in Australia, the reduction of public concern about government surveillance and erosions of privacy, and what concerns we might have about the World Health Organization seeking new powers in the name of public health initiatives.

Tim Gurney, the manager of T-Ports, appeared on the Country Viewpoint and discussed the current harvesting period and how receivals are tracking for grain handlers. Gurney also elaborated on the importance of competition in the field and how grain handlers are the beneficiaries of export companies consistently forcing competitors to raise their levels.

Emily Riggs, creator of SA fashion label Iris and Wool, tells her triumphant and inspiring story after becoming the overall winner of the 2022 Shine Awards. Riggs, from the SA town of Burra, also discusses her professional background.

Police minister Paul Toole (pictured, right) promotes both joining the NSW Police Force and volunteering as farmers face a tough harvest after heavy rain and flooding, and the potential for grass fire risk including in the NSW Riverina. We discuss with the Deputy Premier and Nationals Leader the condition of roads and importance of locals and tourists alike driving safely around farm machinery and heavy vehicles active during the protracted harvest.

We've been chatting up the market on FlowFM with Andrew Partridge from Michell Direct Wool and it's worked a charm in the last dance for 2022 with big sales volumes and great prices for sellers. We cast our eye forward to the other side of the three-week break as shearers go hell for leather working through the backlog of fleece on the sheeps' backs.

Over 25,000 trucking positions are vacant requiring government intervention to fill the labour shortage in the nation's transport industry according to the National Road Transport Association's CEO Warren Clark, in a chat where we discover the legislative changes for trucking that NatRoad is pursuing in 2023 and the road and infrastructure improvements needed to accommodate more high performance vehicles in future - as well as the future and realistic potential of electric trucks

The federal opposition leader talks about Thursday's energy package and which parts the Opposition were willing to support, responds to NSW Premier Dom Perrottet and energy minister Matt Kean this week expressing support for 'the nuclear conversation' as part of our future energy mix, and says he's liaised with coalition MPs Tony Pasin in Barker (SA) and Anne Webster (Vic) on flooding in the Riverland and Sunraysia respectively, saying he wants to visit at an appropriate time and not get in the way.