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... the Western Victorian MLC wasn't racing to tell us who he'd look to impose a levy on to pay for the animal equivalent of Medicare as he discussed initiatives for LGBTIQA+ youth in his electorate and the impact of flooding in the local community.

The Financial Services Minister speaks of the understaffed Scamwatch effort at the ACCC which will be bolstered by the federal government as more Australians than ever are fleeced by scammers, particularly in the area of cryptocurrency. The Albanese Labor Government intends to make social media companies act on advertisements and enticements to invest in scams.

Water should have been released earlier from dams, levee banks repaired sooner and regional Victorians deserve an apology from the Andrews government over the handling of COVID-19 are some of the points made by northern Victorian Member of the Legislative Council Tim Quilty in this chat with regional FlowFM listeners.

Another down market this week for the Australian Wool Exchange but perhaps there are signs it is about to turn a corner, as we talk currency, oddments and more with Michell Wool's Andrew Partridge

Could farmers be licensed in future at 30% less production than current values? That's one concern the South Australian member for Barker covering the south-east agricultural and horticultural areas of the state raises in response to questions about Labor's true aspirations on methane emissions, climate change and environmental water recovery as we look across to the Ardern NZ government's methane tax plans and Albanese Labor's buyback intentions as examples.

Flooding dominates the discussion amidst the markets with one of the nation's largest markets, Wagga Wagga, still doing strong trade as cattle and sheep producers keep getting produce to market and processors keep up demand with solid slaughter numbers.

It's Groundhog Day - again - as we have to talk with Episode 3 grains analyst Andrew Whitelaw about the latest in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the will-they, won't-they be able to move grain out of the region. Also discussed are Australian cropping conditions amid eastern states' flooding and the ceasfire in Ethiopia alongside food security.

The shadow local government minister encourages South Australians to return their postal votes in the November elections and discusses 'blindsided' Grant and Mt Gambier councils on amalgamation - and the new president of the peak body of SA councils, Naracoorte Lucindale mayor Erika Vickery OAM

Sheep Producers Australia's CEO Bonnie Skinner says the organisation is taking methane emissions from the growing national flock very seriously as the federal government invests in a South Australian trial to place additives in sheep troughs to reduce methane emissions. We discuss an imminent trip to return to the international scene liaising with fellow peak sheep bodies and the federal budget's investment in biosecurity as the sheep industry grapples with implementing electronic traceability.

'Like dracula in charge of the blood bank' claims the NSW Nationals MP for Riverina describing the unspecified amount of money in last Tuesday's federal budget set aside for buying water off of farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin to meet 2024 environmental water recovery targets, as Michael McCormack (right) also discusses mining and Riverina gold in the actual Melbourne Cup - and what farmers and others might wish to do as the instant asset writeoff's demise looms in 2023