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... as nurses prepare to strike statewide over working conditions. Mrs Dalton says whilst as at Monday morning Griffith Base Hospital maternity services might not be going just yet, her concern is a closure would put undue pressure on Wagga Wagga - and of course reduce service levels for regional NSW residents

Thar she blows! After his Liberal NSW senate colleague Jim Molan called for oil reserves underground to be extracted and refined, SA Liberal Senator Alex Antic talked about the longer-term relief and policy shift needed for Australia's fuel security and affordability on the eve of a federal budget where short-term fuel excise relief is expected

Mayor Vickery also outlines the excitement around the major opening of the new Naracoorte library, recipients of the Community Chest grants fund to community groups, infrastructure improvements around the district and the Business Innovation Grants on offer for local businesses.

Former senator Xenophon is 'getting the band back together' after all - with independent senator Stirling Griff at least, but isn't looking to align with SA Best's Frank Pangallo and Connie Bonaros MLC - at this stage - after its 19 March 2022 election flop. The River Murray advocate responds to comments from NSW Farmers president James Jackson that the Murray Darling Basin Plan is a 'dog's breakfast' and that lower Murray concerns about environmental water getting out the Murray Mouth are 'rubbish' whilst the National Farmers Federation want to abandon the push for 450 gigalitres to reach South Australia.

Attending the Northern Territory Cattlemen's conference, Angus talks with Flow listeners in south-eastern Australia about live exports and the latest developments in the cattle and sheep markets in Australia.

Andrew was in awe of the public amenities in Nhill, western Victoria as he reports in for Flow's Country Viewpoint program from Ballarat about the latest global developments for Australia's wheat, barley, canola and other croppers

Its a different perspective in Italy, Steven's first overseas trip in 2 years, with Italians riveted by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and living with COVID-10, not pursuing - as China has, with poor recent results, a 'COVID-zero' policy.

The Northern Victoria MLC representing Derryn Hinch's Justice Party wants politicians to lead from the front on acceptable standards of behaviour and respect towards others in workplaces, hoping it will filter down into Victorian workplaces across the state.

Australia's farmers need fuel security in the absence of adequate on-shore storage, the VFF president Emma Germano says, which could mean metropolitan residents might need to ration fuel, car pool or be incentivised to use public transport more so there's enough diesel for farmers to feed the nation and a world with gloomy logistical and 2022 crop prospects

... and child care availability on the Yorke Peninsula. Ex-Liberal, now independent Ellis says he will introduce a private members' bill to give effect to the recommendations of a select committee that he and fellow re-elected independent Geoff Brock proposed.