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Re-elected with a thumping majority, South East SA MP Nick McBride has thrown his hat into the Liberal leadership ring after ousted Premier Steven Marshall resigned, and says the positions he took over his first term have been vindicated by his own result and the party's performance in the Saturday March 19 election.

The NSW Farmers association president says the Dungowan or Mole River dams - or raising the Wyangala Dam wall - have hellish prospects contrasted with the federal government's remarkable $5bn federal election pledge to build a dam to open up 60,000 Ha of irrigated agriculture at Hell's Gate north west of a marginal electorate in Townsville, Qld. Mr Jackson describes the Murray Darling Basin Plan as a 'dog's breakfast', says there's no need to mothball Deniliquin and Griffith 'for the environment' and that the perspective of some on the South Australian Murray is 'rubbish'.

The MP representing the lower Murray and Murray Bridge region in the electorate of Hammond is awaiting the counting between himself for the Liberal Party, the independent Airlie Keen and Labor's Belinda Owens showing a close race between he and Keen but Mr Pederick questions whether the ECSA should be running himself vs 2nd placed Owens. The Hammond MP responds to overlapping federal Liberal MP for Barker Tony Pasin's call for a review into the SA Liberals' party operations and election campaigning after the catastrophic state election loss for the now one-term government.

The Victorian Nationals MP talks about the high cost of fuel and debate about the fuel excise possibly being halved, frozen or stalled to provide regional Australians relief at the bowser, and isn't aware of neighbouring Liberal MP Tony Pasin's 'regional MP' push for the federal government to contribute more to mobile phone tower costs as a incentive for telcos to fix more black spots

The federal member for Barker says he, Senator Alex Antic and Nicolle Flint have been pushing back against the policy and membership decisions within the SA Liberal Party that he says have contributed to the Marshall Liberal government's loss on Saturday

Mr Brock makes the stunning admission he only campaigned for 5-6 weeks in Stuart out of respect for incumbent Liberal MP Dan Van Holst Pellekaan, the sitting deputy premier he displaced from the seat - and towards whom he has generous plaudits

There's a potential and pleasant surprise development on China's sanctions against Australian barley with one of the world's biggest markets needing barley due in large part to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Dennis tells Flow listeners.

@SABEST_Party upper house candidate Keyvan Abak is not your regular 9-5 political candidate. Abak is a refugee who hails from a persecuted minority and was held in detention in Australia after fleeing his birthplace during the Howard Prime Ministership. During this time, Abak taught himself English by reading children's books and dictionaries as a child and this was how he first honed his leadership skills.
Prior to running in politics, Abak has thrived in a career as an allied health worker, having provided support services to regional Australians for a long period of time before deciding that his time had come to make a difference at a political level.

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Nick McBride answers his critics on the upcoming South East Field Days event following the removal of vaccinated-only patrons being allowed entry and clarifies the lack of health budget for the southeast of South Australia.