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Stepping down from his Victorian Legislative Council role for the Liberal Democrats to run for the Senate, David Limbrick talks about how free trade is good for farmers, the need to further lower the fuel excise and restoring freedoms after Victoria was hit hard by COVID-19 related restrictions.

Funding for drug and alcohol rehabilitation, local aviation history, the Wycheproof wetlands and more are in the discussion with the independent member for Mildura Ali Cupper as the Victorian Labor government handed down its pre-election budget on Tuesday 3 May 2022

Kate McCulloch has been a long-time One Nation supporter and is standing at the top of their NSW senate ticket in the 21 May election. As a dryland farmer from Corowa in southern NSW, the catering businessperson and mother talks about attracting young people into apprenticeships and employment and One Nation's policies on freedom, vaccination, abortion and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

Over $13 million for a walking trail at Mildura and $800,000 for child care in Murtoa are two pledges Dr Webster hopes the ALP will match - or she can deliver if re-elected for a second term for the north-western Victorian federal seat of Mallee on 21 May

Hawkesbury councillor and apiarist Shane Djuric tells Flow listeners in southern NSW the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party has been delivering in regional electorates and the major parties' conduct is driving voters in the SFF's direction. He expresses concern about indiscriminate use of 1080 poison in regional baiting programs.

Ian Markos says he feels most at home at the Liberal Democrats as a party that supports deregulation and small government, and tells Flow listeners he remains concerned that emergency powers are still in force in South Australia in early May 2022 despite restrictions easing. He reflects on the SA Liberals' comprehensive state election loss and why the major parties are not effectively representing small business or the broader community.

The southern NSW Liberal MP talks with Flow about recent funding that enabled sporting facilities at Holbrook and Urana in his electorate and the Fischer Leadership program running sessions in the electorate in May to promote future leaders

... and reflects on her daughter's win of One Nation's first seat in the SA Parliament, Sarah Game, and what it could signal for her second tilt at a SA senate seat which would also be a first in SA

The former housing giant fell from politics and business alike but says not only can he stand back and not have a shot at representing those aspiring for a job and a home - he says part of Labor's plan on housing affordability is like putting the arsonists in charge of fire prevention.
Disclosure: interviewer Rikki Lambert was Bob Day's chief of staff during 2014-2016

Fresh off a crack at the South East SA state seat of Mackillop on March 18, Mark Braes says he's 'match fit' for a crack at Liberal incumbent Tony Pasin in the overlapping federal seat of Barker in the 21 May poll. Labor's candidate says Mr Pasin's estimation of 32 gigalitres to exit South Australian irrigation under the 450GL recovery target is a distraction, and SA farmers had given up enough already.