As the Albanese government begins a review into the Reserve Bank of Australia that Prof Hicks says is appropriate, the Charles Sturt University economics professor at Bathurst, NSW says previous comments from the RBA about rate rises during 2022 or 2023 need to be viewed against the context of unforeseen events in Europe, the re-opening of Australia's borders and severe weather events in Australia affecting food prices

... as livestock producers pause their enthusiasm for purchasing stock amid speculation about the risk level on Foot and Mouth Disease on Australia's doorstep, the shadow assistant minister for transport and infrastructure responds to the minister's pausing of round 6 of the Building Better Regions Fund due to ANAO audit concerns, encouraging a pause to reflect on a similar program under the former Labor federal government

Senator Antic spoke in the Senate in the return sitting week after the May federal election about the rhetoric of emergency used to increase government power and deploying it for the latest 'emergency', such as the climate emergency - the Dutch farm protests are highlighted as an example of citizens pushing back

Minister King says the former government's flagship funding program for regional Australia devolved through the funding rounds into 'almost a choose your own adventure' arrangement where 'other factors' than departmentally-assessed merit seemed more persuasive through a select ministerial panel, with National Party held seats disproportionately benefiting from grants. Consequently, the Minister indicated that Round 6 which was underway is effectively frozen now she has the ANAO report, and she is resolving how to clean up the 'mess' within the portfolio.

Australia IS FMD free and aims to remain so, the CEO of Woolproducers Australia tells FlowFM listeners, discussing also how the Victorian electronic traceability model for sheep ought to be rolled out - from a producers' point of view - across the nation, as agreed by Australian agriculture ministers Wednesday week ago

After addressing a Colac and district farmer protest on Wednesday, the local MP says farmers want immediate cessation of non-essential travel to South East Asian countries, particularly Indonesia and its Bali region - or otherwise a list of initiatives he will raise in the Victorian Parliament next week

There's no cases of Foot and Mouth Disease in Australia but its been a driving factor in falls between 5 to 12% in the cattle and sheep markets respectively over the last week after extensive coverage of the threat of an incursion from Indonesia, particularly Bali

Ed discusses with Flow listeners across regional Australia the will-they, won't-they game of Russian exports of food and farm inputs out of the Ukraine / Black Sea reason as one driver for global market activity in grains and oilseeds this week and harvest expectations for the northern hemisphere crop

In her first sitting week sworn in after winning a senate seat at the May 2022 federal election, new South Australian senator Kerrynne Liddle speaks with Flow on the Wednesday inflation data was due out highlighting the significant cost of living challenges for Australians. Senator Liddle also discusses the South Australian bipartisanship on delivering the 450 gigalitres committed under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan into South Australia.

The South Australian regional Liberal MP spoke with FlowFM about the 25th anniversary of the Berri Bridge, local views on a new bridge at Lyrup's 'Spring Cart Gully', the developing Tailem Bend drag strip, Parilla primary industry investment backed by the former Liberal government, pollination needs for almonds et cetera in the Riverland, the status of the Fruit Fly situation in the Riverland and Foot & Mouth Disease concerns not justifying in late July the Liberal-National federal coalition's calls for a closure of the border with Indonesia - a view similar to that expressed on Tuesday on Flow by SA Primary Industries Minister and Labor MLC Clare Scriven