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The incoming Albanese Labor government has set an October federal budget date, recasting the national government's books after the May election which means 2 budgets in one financial year - what will be the fate of farmers' diesel fuel tax rebate, as the fuel excise pause also disappears in September?

The federal agriculture minister and Queensland senator Murray Watt spoke at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday 9 August 2022 about a national biosecurity plan and the former agriculture minister, now National Party leader, David Littleproud MP, says the Coalition government had put a lot of the legwork into that strategy. In this interview the shadow minister for agriculture talks about previous calls for a travel ban and the adequacy of penalties for travellers breaching Australia's biosecurity measures. Flow listeners are reassured that Australia remains foot and mouth disease free as Mr Littleproud calls out 'nonsense' from some spokespeople on FMD.

Late in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK the Liberal-National Coalition declared that if it wins the November 2022 election it would add Shepparton as a fifth host city for the first-ever regionally hosted Commonwealth Games in 2026. Flow caught up with the first-term independent MP for Mildura Ali Cupper about why Mildura missed out on hosting rights, discussing October's Kings of Leon concert, the Queen's Baton Relay - and where Mildura electorate might stand should the Coalition fail to win the November election.

Rabobank's grains and oilseeds analyst Dennis Voznesenski reviews the latest global and Australian market movements and shares his thoughts on where wool might be heading after the trading recess ends in early August, into 2023 - and shares that he'll be at the Eyre Peninsula Field Days at Cleve in August 2022

From July 2023 Elders will invest $25 million establishing a new automated facility close to the highway for regional Victorian farmers

A livestock market jitter in recent weeks doesn't dent the positives of a longer-term higher price trend for cattle and sheep producers in Australia as Meat and Livestock Australia's senior market information analyst Ripley Atkinson breaks down the latest action for Flow listeners

First home buyers are finding it challenging to save to buy a home, but there are options out there, Canstar's Effie Zahos discusses with Flow listeners as we wade into the shifting sands of economist expectations of where, now, the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate might go - potentially very different to what was previously being said about 2024. NOTE: This conversation is for information purposes and is not professional advice - please consult with a qualified professional and make your own enquiries before making important financial decisions.

Spending initiatives in the southern New South Wales electorate of Albury and opportunities for more are discussed with the local Liberal Party MP Justin Clancy

The member for Flinders representing the Eyre Peninsula and West Coast also promotes the imminent Eyre Peninsula Field Days as community events return to the calendar after restrictions imposed in recent years in the name of COVID-19

The member for Frome visits the Flow broadcast centre in Roseworthy, SA - within her own electorate - to discuss the foot and mouth disease alarm in Australia with the disease at our doorstep in Bali and Indonesia, and the challenge of attracting and retaining doctors and other health professionals in regional areas, with a case study of the Gumeracha push to re-open their emergency department in the Adelaide Hills