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The 2022 Schoolies Festival begins Friday 25 November and Encounter Youth is on hand again to support school leavers celebrating successfully as it offers preventative programs with young people and advice to policy makers about young people's social, drug and alcohol experiences

Warmer Weather - tick - improved prices for wool producers - also tick - let's try keep it going after a long-awaited turnaround at the Australian Wool Exchange for Aussie wool producers. We start looking forwards to 2023 and what it might hold for producers.

The Liberal member for Polwarth on Victoria's south coast speaks with Flow about Labor's late claims in the state election campaign - concluding Saturday 26 November 2022 - on the Liberals' position on fracking, and discusses the Melbourne-driven coastal authority set up to control Great Ocean Road tourism and the way that has put locals offside. The local MP also responds to a petition before the Colac Otway Council to have the Colac Visitor Information Centre operate at regular hours, saying regional tourism has been underfunded after the Premier gave $15 million of taxpayer money on the final day before the caretaker period to fund Netball Australia after players offended Gina Rinehart, the principal of then-sponsor Hancock Prospecting

The big dry in the USA sees a liquidation underway in cattle stocks which could deliver upward movement in the market for Australian producers, as we review the latest trading data from Meat and Livestock Australia in the sheep and cattle markets

Jo Hall CEO of Wool Producers Australia speaks with FlowFM listeners about Deloitte's Domestic and Diversified Processing Report, improving supply chains for the benefit of Australian wool producers and the challenging growing conditions wool producers currently face in many parts of Australia

Police officer and Liberal candidate for the independently held seat of Mildura, Paul Matheson, talks with Flow about the impacts of lockdowns on local communities and sport, the Opposition's pledges to remove pandemic powers, the independent MP Ali Cupper's talk about minority government and his views on law enforcement needs in north-western Victoria

ProFarmer Grain (www.profarmergrain.com.au) agricultural analyst Sean Hickey updates Flow listeners on the latest winter cropping output estimates as some farmers battle the elements, the possible upside of the India free trade agreement if it is ratified before the end of this year - and positive news for food security and fertiliser on the Russia Black Sea deal

Farmers are adept at adapting to climatic changes and the nation's chief science agency is equipping them on efficient ways to use and save water and the latest climate information as the CSIRO State of the Climate report states Australia's average temperatures continue to warm amid current heavy rainfall, flooding and cold weather events

The first-term Liberal regionally based MP for Western Victoria takes aim at the Andrews Labor government and western Victorian rival, the Animal Justice Party's Andy Meddick as tensions reach fever pitch in the November 26 Victorian state election.

The State Opposition say their efforts to promote practical solutions based on local feedback have in some instances been accepted by the South Australian government, whilst also pushing for more frequent SA inflow updates for River Murray communities after the Premier told FlowFM there were inconsistencies between the MDBA and BOM modelling.