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Founding director of Grainwise (www.grainwise.com.au) Fabian Devereux speaks with FlowFM listeners about local harvest outcomes and planting intentions in the Mallee and north-west of Victoria, how the lentil crop went locally and chatter about how long the Russia-Ukraine grain corridor might remain open.

The shadow minister for health in South Australia and member for Schubert, Ashton Hurn, speaks with Flow listeners about the ramping of ambulances in metropolitan Adelaide, what the Code White situation in metropolitan hospitals means for regional SA listeners, and why the state government launched an audit of pillow availability in hospitals.

The South Australian primary industries minister commends South Australia's grain growers who weathered challenging conditions to smash the previous 2016/17 record for their grain harvest. We discuss the impact the 12 million plus tonnes had on South Australia's regional roads, particularly on the upper Yorke Peninsula.

The shadow agriculture minister claims the federal agriculture department is being left to foot the bill for biosecurity whilst it is a shared responsibility with the environment portfolio, as we discuss the newly opened DAFF consultation into the proposed biosecurity cost recovery model

In late March the water minister Tanya Plibersek announced a buyback program from irrigators of water for the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin, largely in New South Wales waterways, including a 10 gigalitre recovery program in the NSW Murray. We speak with the CEO of the NSW Irrigators Council about her organisation's view on that proposal, reaction to the snap consultations on the buyback program in the affected river valleys, and what they expect from an incoming Minns Labor government on water policy.

The re-elected Liberal MP for the southern New South Wales seat of Albury speaks with FlowFM listeners in the western part of the electorate about achievements late in the last term of the Perrottet-Toole Coalition government, and the challenge of advocating for community under a Minns Labor government.

South Australian senator Alex Antic explains why he took up the cause first raised in federal parliament by George Christensen to pursue life support for babies born alive during pregnancy termination, and we discuss recent claims the senator made in parliament about excess deaths reported in Australia and how the COVID-19 pandemic has been handled.

The New South Wales Farmers have a new government to deal with, and their president Xavier Martin was fulsome in his praise for the former government and the incoming one, after the state faced biosecurity threats among other challenges. We discuss the federal-state traceability of sheep and goats initiative, the future of buybacks of Murray-Darling Basin water from farmers, and independent oversight for agriculture in the form of special commissioners promised by state Labor in opposition.

The independent member for Murray is tickled pink to be re-elected for another term, representing the south-western New South Wales seat in the lower house with a strong endorsement from the electorate ahead of Nationals candidate Peta Betts. We discuss with Helen Dalton her top topics to raise on Macquarie Street in Sydney with the first new government in the state in 12 years as Chris Minns' Labor wins the 25 March state election.

Driver distraction and the use of mobile phones in cars are some of the key concerns highlighted by South Australia's police minister after a shocking start to the 2023 calendar year on SA's roads, particularly with a significant spike in regional casualties with many country people dying not far from where they live.