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Labor will appoint a permanent Cross Border Commissioner for SA-Victoria border issues if they win the state election, to be based in the South East and modelled on the Victorian commissioner. Treasurer Lucas called for Labor to axe their dedicated quarantine facility 'white elephant' policy, disappointing the Opposition Leader - as he discussed with Rikki on Flow what Labor might do about the state emergency powers expiring in December.

Minister Littleproud tells Wayne and Rikki on the Morning Show that Victoria, NSW and Queensland have deficits in the information they need to be forthcoming about on their biosecurity spending

On Wednesday in Senate Estimates, the One Nation Senator asked questions of the TGA boss about COVID-19 vaccination and the number of deaths attributable to adverse effects from administering them.

NSW water minister Melinda Pavey has binned a number of water savings projects intended to meet the state's obligations under the Murray Darling Basin Plan, with others to take their place - the NSW Labor shadow minister tells Rikki on Flow, Labor is worried about the Liberal-National government's poor handling of water policy with the Basin Plan clock ticking. Ms Jackson also wonders how SA and Victoria might feel about $330m announced last Friday to help NSW out.

Within 18-24 months, Leigh Creek will boom from under 100 residents to over 1,000 thanks to the reinvigoration of the former coal mine as a urea producer, reliant on its own gas to avoid the market spikes on the fertiliser's key input cost, as the Leigh Creek Urea Project managing director Phil Staveley explains to Rikki on Flow

Wayne and Rikki unpack a tense Senate Estimates session yesterday featuring an exchange between Qld Labor senator Murray Watt and representing minister Bridget McKenzie about the controversy first unearthed by FlowFM about a secret spreadsheet available to at least 1 Coalition backbench MP amid the Building Better Regions Fund rorting allegations

The Eastern Victorian upper house MLC wasn't consulted on Tuesday morning about dramatic new proposals to make pandemic management powers permanent for the Andrews Labor government - even though the government does not hold a majority in the Legislative Council to pass its bill.

Former LNP Qld premier Newman says SA MPs Ramsey and senator Antic are 'wimping out' on nuclear energy by not pushing harder for it amid the energy and greenhouse gas emissions debate leading into the Glasgow climate talks. He chats with Rikki on Flow about his own progressive views and the social policy platform of the LDP, and expresses reservations about COVID-19 and economic modelling relied upon by government.