Australia's trade and tourism minister, Clare Valley resident and South Australian Labor senator Don Farrell joins us on FlowFM to talk about how trade relations with China are going, with the potential the 'freeze' is over, and how the recent India trade mission went. We discuss personal anecdotes appreciated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a Mrs Ebert from Goa, India who taught the Australian trade minister in year 1, and a commemoration on 22 March 2023 in Terowie, South Australia of the moment the US general Macarthur uttered the famous promise to The Philippines: "I Shall Return". Also on the menu is a discussion on cherished European terms like prosecco, feta and parmesan and how the Australian trade minister has pushed back on the European Union's claims these could be reserved under an Australia - EU trade deal; we reflect upon an Australian Grape and Wine request for revived export market grant assistance and a meeting on Friday 17 March 2023 with Australia's tourism ministers about further invigorating a market that has been battered, shown resilience and is bouncing back.

Founding director of The Livestock Collective and Western Australian merino farmer, Steven Bolt, chats with FlowFM listeners across regional Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia about how the federal Labor government's move to phase out live exports of sheep will affect the broader livestock industry, why the ban is based on an outdated perspective on live exports, and how the refrigerated alternative won't go down well in some destination markets.

Across regional South Australia, Victoria and southern NSW, we speak with Meat and Livestock Australia's Jenny Lim about the latest trade in sheep and cattle in Australia amid increased supply, consistent processing availability and a clear pricing difference in both commodities between south-eastern Australia and Qld / northern NSW.

Rabobank agricultural analyst Dennis Voznesenski is visiting South Australia through to the weekend and has been chatting with farmers about a range of their concerns and interests, including barley trade with China, what to do with stored lentils, the growing amount of on-farm storage and soil moisture across FlowFM's audience areas in regional South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales.

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan isn't a contest between the interests of irrigators and the environment, river ecologist and UNSW professor Richard Kingsford tells FlowFM listeners in southern NSW and across regional Victoria and South Australia, as we discuss river health after recent flooding, forecasts of drier conditions to return, carp infestation, cold water pollution, NSW's water sharing performance and buybacks.

Jo Hall the chief executive officer of Wool Producers Australia speaks with FlowFM listeners across southern NSW, regional Victoria and South Australia about the latest efforts to promote Australian wool abroad, find a diversified source of processing in an expanding market, and continuing efforts to address labour shortages in shearing and woolsheds.

The New South Wales Labor candidate for the seat of Albury, Marcus Rowland, joins us again on FlowFM to discuss what he's been hearing in the western part of the electorate taking in local communities like Corowa, Urana, Oaklands and Mulwala, and we speak in detail about how Labor is looking to address the shortage of nurses and housing in the region and across regional NSW. Early voting opens on Saturday 18 March, then from Monday through to Friday prior to the Saturday 25 March 2023 election day.

The Liberal MP for Grey who has been an advocate for the Napandee low level spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Kimba on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, Rowan Ramsey, talks with Flow FM listeners across regional South Australia about the new nuclear submarine deal under the AUKUS (Australia - United Kingdom - United States of America) alliance and talks down the prospect of any waste arising from that deal, many years into the future, finding its way to Napandee (if the storage proposal goes ahead).

Voters in electorates like Murray in southern NSW but also to the north want politicians to represent their local community views across the Great Dividing Range on Macquarie Street in Sydney, the deputy director of the Institute of Public Affairs, Daniel Wild, tells flow listeners in the NSW Riverina.

On Wednesday morning 15 March 2023 the Australian Energy Regulator released its draft Default Market Offer determination with significant price increases for South Australian, New South Wales and south eastern Queensland energy customers. We discuss the impact of the draft, if it comes to fruition from 1 July, with South Australia's shadow minister for energy and net zero, the SA Liberals' Stephen Patterson.