As Australia's Agriculture Ministers have their last meeting of 2022 to tackle traceability and biosecurity in livestock, we check in for a pre-Christmas chat with Sheep Producers Australia's CEO Bonnie Skinner.

The member for Farrer Sussan Ley shares the view of inland flood-affected councils of the need to 'build back better' regional roads so they are more disaster resilient in future as concerns remain for communities affected by flooding in the Murray, Darling, Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and other rivers and creeks in Farrer and beyond

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas recently expressed an open mind on the role of nuclear energy in Australia's future energy mix - a position he backtracked from on national television earlier this week. With an energy 'crisis meeting' of the 'national cabinet' on Friday, the University of Queensland adjunct professor Stephen Wilson offers his views on the experience of Europe and what Australia should learn from it - and why the SA Premier should stick to his guns

The member for Frome shares concerns about the state of local roads and the farmers working hard to get their winter crop harvest in to receival sites so they can enjoy Christmas, as we also discuss her responsibilities as shadow minister for regional health services and visits to the West Coast and South East of the state recently

General Manager of the South Australian Arid Lands Landscape Board Jodie Gregg-Smith updates listeners on the phenomenal accuracy and results of feral animal control of pigs and cats in the north-east of South Australia and the importance of the control activities

From singing the praises of expert marksmen using tools put in their hands by the former Coalition government to control feral pigs to three Victorian Nationals' wins in the state election, National Party federal leader David Littleproud weighs in on the hot topics including the energy debate and SA Premier Peter Malinauskas' very public backtracking on supporting the nuclear conversation for Australia's energy mix

We discuss with regional Australian listeners the significance of rising inflation, the past comments of RBA governor Phillip Lowe and calls for his departure, and what 2023 might hold for mortgage holders

Australian nuclear energy advocate James Fleay also responds to the Environment Minister's claims regarding small modular reactors in Australia - and points to the United Arab Emirates as a case study on how quickly, relatively speaking, a nation could include baseload nuclear energy in their decarbonised energy mix

The Australian Crop Report is out for December and it's mixed fortunes for many but good progress in the nation as a whole towards agreed $100 billion farmgate value targets by 2030

The independent MP for Narungga talks about improving regional health services, attracting and retaining doctors via a parliamentary inquiry - if he can initiate it with 10,000 signatures.