Radio National Breakfast

As wait times for residential aged care placements balloon across the country, older Australians seeking aged care at home are also now facing lengthy waits of up to 245 days before their approved package can start.

• Guest: Tom Symondson, CEO of Ageing Australia
• Producer: Grace Stranger  

Australian families with links to Islamic State fighters have been turned around, shortly after leaving a camp in Syria.

34 women and children left Al Roj camp in the country's north-east — bound for Damascus — with plans to head back to Australia.

But on the way to the capital, Syrian authorities told them to head back.

• GUEST: Heidi Pett, Syria correspondent for Al Jazeera
• PRODUCER: Oscar Coleman, Eleni Psaltis

The new Liberal leader Angus Taylor will appoint his shadow ministry this week. 

It comes as a leaked Coalition policy proposal, as reported by some media outlets, suggests a ban on migrants from declared terrorist areas.

But two senior Liberals previously responsible for the party's migration policy - Senator Paul Scarr and Senator Jonno Duniam - say they had no input into the proposal.  

• GUEST: Sarah Henderson, Liberal Senator for Victoria 
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

Federal Opposition leader Angus Taylor says the coalition's new immigration policy won't be about race or religion, but about values - adding that an immigration policy is needed that raises the standards and reduces the numbers.

Meanwhile Mr Taylor says he has "not seen" a leaked Coalition policy proposal suggesting a ban on migrants from declared terrorist areas.

As reported by some media outlets, the proposal puts forward banning migrants from regions in 13 countries with terror activity, including Gaza and Somalia.

• GUEST: Professor Alan Gamlen, Director of the ANU Migration Hub 

It's been more than two weeks since the 84-year-old mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie disappeared in the middle of the night from her home in Tucson, Arizona.

Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will and there are concerns for her health as she requires daily medication.

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have made several public pleas asking for the safe return of their Mother.

• Guest: Darren Mott, former FBI special agent
• Producer: Brooke Young, Pip Cook

With some regions in New South Wales entering their third year of drought, the state government has announced further support for farmers and communities struggling to cope with the dry conditions.

The reprieve includes greater loan thresholds for resilience projects for communities to combat this drought and an almost $2 million funding scheme for financial counselling for farmers experiencing hardship. 

• Guest: Mary Hoodless, Farmer from Jingellic
• Producer: Tyler Hall

The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has touched down in Geneva for high-stakes nuclear talks between the US and Iran.  

Mr Araghchi wrote on social media that he was in the Swiss city for "real ideas to achieve a fair and equitable deal", but he also added "what is not on the table: submission before threats".

US President Donald Trump has threatened further strikes against Tehran if a deal to curb the country's nuclear program can't be reached, with the US building up its military presence in the region.

• Guest: Dr. Gary Samore, former White House coordinator for arms control and weapons of mass destruction, now Director for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University
• Producer: Pip Cook

We hear from the former boss of the US EPA following the Trump administration removing a cornerstone of climate regulation.

Then, to federal politics. The Treasurer Jim Chalmers discusses some fo the early policy positions put foward by the new leadership of the Liberal Party. We also speak with the Vice President of the Liberal Party and the independent hoping to win Sussan's Ley's seat of Farrer. 

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

Former Liberal leader Sussan Ley says she intends to resign in the coming weeks, sparking a by-election in her southern NSW electorate of Farrer.

With the seat about to become vacant, both Coalition partners will be able to contest it. Also in the contest is an independent candidate who polled almost 20 per cent of first preferences at last year's election.

• GUEST: Michelle Milthorpe, Independent candidate for Farrer
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

Did you know a woman was posthumously recognised as project manager of the Sydney Harbour Bridge? Or that the city of Canberra was partly designed by a woman?

Women and their contribution to history and society have been largely overlooked, minimised or even erased.

GUEST: Sita Sargeant, founder of She Shapes History, author of She Shapes History: Guided Walks and Stories About Great Australian Women