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... the Energy crisis may require more 'nationalisation' measures such as that which AEMO took recently to suspend private trade on energy to ensure supply, but the NSW senator criticised state governments for refusing to bring or continue gas supplies onto the national energy market.

With a state election approaching in November, first-term independent MP Ali Cupper is looking to turn up the heat on the rail debate for both passenger and freight rail improvements in north-western Victoria as more young families and others relocate to Mildura and the region

... and the Minister for western NSW also responds to shadow minister Mick Veitch MLC's concerns about funding and staffing levels at Local Land Services in this budget, with biosecurity a key concern given the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin disease in NSW, and recent Japanese Encephalitis activity in pigs and horses in a rare southern Australian outbreak

... and the NSW Labor shadow minister for regional development expresses concern in an election budget of the potential for future spending within that portfolio to pork-barrel key regional electorates before the March poll

The man who would be NSW treasurer if successful at the March 2023 election warns that the Perrottet government intends to tax every landholder eventually with a land tax by phasing out stamp duty on the day treasurer Matt Kean delivers his election-year budget. Daniel Mookhey also criticises the government's spending efforts on regional health.

The member for Farrer in south-western New South Wales also talks with Flow listeners about the good news that regional events are getting underway again after lockdowns and restrictions made it hard to recently stage events, with the 'Deni Ute Muster' announcing it is back on again later this year after a two-year hiatus.

The new shadow minister for regional development talks about the exciting potential Qantas and Airbus' joint US$200 commitment to produce aviation biofuels out of canola - something her electorate has in abundance - in Australia, amid a discussion about the reliability of Australia's energy grid - and why nuclear energy has been on the sidelines

Fresh off the plane from Cloncurry, Queensland, rural banking specialist Rabobank's Angus Gidley-Baird spoke with Flow listeners about the latest market movements in cattle and sheep in Australia, plus the growing appeal of carbon-neutral branded meat product in Australian supermarkets and beyond

The AWEX raised its bat for week 50 after smashing prices out of the park for sellers as currencies wobbled due to global inflation and security concerns.

Matt Dalgleish and Andrew Dalgleish from AgWatchers podcast (https://agwatchers.podbean.com/) in conversation with FlowNews24's Rikki Lambert (www.flownews24.com.au) discuss further Australia's labour market contrasted with Chinese industrial output - and outsourcing to Africa - and the extent to which Australia's shifting population to regions may assist (or not) in advancing regional Australia and agriculture. The team also make their big calls for Australian agriculture in 2023