Federal support for passenger rail to Mildura and more federal funds for local councils, plus no further water to be removed from irrigated agriculture in a 'pause' to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan are among the opening salvos from an independent candidate for the seat of Mallee held by the Nationals' Anne Webster

... and the hot topic of farmers' rights versus mineral exploration flares up as the Chamber of Mines and Energy advocates that major parties reject a 'landholders' veto'. Speaking with Rikki on Flow, Fraser also outlines his thought process on crossbench negotiations should the Saturday 19 March election result in a hung parliament

SA's mining industry outlines their priorities for the state and wish-list from the major parties for the state election, including a deeper discussion about the question of whether farmers and other landholders should have some right to veto mineral exploration on their land

'A dream come true' is how Ali Cupper MP describes Wycheproof's Sandy Pollington, the new face of Team Ali in the Birchip community at their mobile office, as an independent federal candidate backs the Mildura MP's RateGate campaign for better federal funding for local councils

... and is it okay to quote a verse of the Bible or Koran on social media? The religious freedom debate reaches a critical moment as the Coalition tries to deliver on a pre-2019 election pledge to protect people of faith and their institutions in expressing their belief in their daily lives and operations

UAP founder Clive Palmer described SA Police's breakup of a Tuesday 1 February meeting featuring senate candidate Michael Arbon as 'gestapo' tactics and an attack on free speech. The senate candidate explains his point of view, the background of himself and their Grey candidate, and responds to independent SA senator Rex Patrick's attack on the party as a 'far right Queensland party'

Hold your horses, farmers, the project doesn't 'project' being ready for production until 2023-24, but when it does, it is committed to deliver affordable urea for Australian farmers out of Leigh Creek in north eastern South Australia's outback

Steven chats with Rikki for Friday's Country Viewpoint program about the appetite for wool growing as the world opens up again

Angus talks about the low lamb throughput in January through the south-eastern Australian sheepyards and other market pressures for beef and sheep producers

Andrew said mid-week Russia put a restriction on fertiliser exports in a further wrinkle for the key farm input, speaking with Rikki for Friday's Country Viewpoint program on Flow