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Plenty of Oysters shucked at Oysterfest, back after a couple of years off, and the local MP for the state seat of Flinders Sam Telfer caught up with FlowFM listeners in the region and beyond about how the major Ceduna event went, and talked about the role the SA government should play in helping to alleviate the dire shortage of general practice doctors in the region

The Victorian Liberal-National Opposition previously took issue with the state government claiming their farm trespass laws were the toughest, moving amendments to bring them into line with NSW laws they say are the toughest. On the day the new laws that passed the parliament come into force, whilst a good step, the Opposition say they'll be tougher if they win office at the November state election.

The shortage of teachers across Australia has been acute during the measures related to COVID-19 in 2020-22 and regional teacher training is one outreach some of the nation's top-quality ranked institutions from the Australian Christian Higher Education Alliance is undertaking, including the NSW Riverina in 2023 in conjunction with UNSW, to improve teacher retention in regional areas. We speak with the associate professor at Alphacrucis University College about the initiative - and the reason there's increasing interest in studying at faith based higher education institutions.

On the eve of a crisis summit in Canberra to discuss the shortage of general practice (GP) doctors across Australia, Adjunct Professor Karen Price the RACGP president speaks with Flow about the acute shortages and problems in rural and regional Australia

The shadow assistant minister for regional development (pictured centre) with Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey (left) and leader David Littleproud (2nd from left) heard concerns about housing affordability and healthcare in north-western Victoria during the listening post tour the day before a RACGP-led crisis Canberra summit on GP care across the nation

The shadow assistant minister for transport and infrastructure says the Mallee Highway in his own electorate is already crumbling before harvest, as he speaks about the September awareness campaign of rural road safety - and describes Labor's cost of living relief measures as laughable for delivering in the wrong areas, too little too late for immediate inflation pressures

The Shooters Union of South Australia are concerned about South Australian government plans to more tightly regulate hunting with bows in SA in what the government says fulfils an election commitment.

RLA's James Tierney breaks down the sales activity from the sheep yards at Wagga Wagga on Thursday 29 September 2022 and reflects on the trading on the cattle market there earlier in the week

The NSW Government has tried four times (at least) now to regulate floodplain harvesting in the northern Murray-Darling Basin - but it's not going hard enough according to non-government elements in both houses, including the independent MP for the NSW state seat of Murray, Helen Dalton. She's unapologetic that it's Groundhog Day - again - for the latest NSW water minister, who she wishes would agree to meet with her to work through the concerns.

From crop predictions to the latest concerns around grain output from the Black Sea region, Market Check's Tess Walch has the good oil on what's going on for Australian grain producers for the Country Viewpoint program on FlowFM