Radio National Breakfast

State and territory governments have struck a new five-year deal with the Commonwealth on public hospital funding ... ending a long-running dispute over the share of ballooning healthcare costs.

The federal government put an additional $25 billion on the table on Friday while winning agreement from the states on managing the growth of disability services.

• Guest: Ryan Park, NSW Minister for Health
• Producer: Tyler Hall

Newly released documents relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein which have put the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, back in the spotlight.

The US Department of Justice released the latest tranche on Friday - after missing an earlier deadline.

One now widely published photo appears to show Mountbatten-Windsor on all fours, kneeling over an unidentified woman.

• Guest: Laura Bundock, Sky News royal correspondent
• Producer: Pip Cook

We hear from Iranian-American dissident and journalist Masih Alinejad after the sentencing of her would-be assassin in an American court. 

Then we turn to the situation in Iran and the threats coming out of Washington. 

Back home the Liberal and National parties woes continue. We hear from a Liberal standing by leader Sussan Ley. 

There's a Grand Slam world-first coming to the Australian Open this weekend … a competition for vision-impaired players as part of its official program.

The Blind and Low Vision — or BLV — event will see Team Australia face off against Team World, with the public invited to attend the finals on Sunday.

• GUEST(S): Nick Bradley, Team Australia captain + Michael Leigh, B3 men's world champion
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says today is a "critical day" and that time is quote "running out" for the Commonwealth, states and territories to secure a new public hospital funding deal.

He's told Radio National Breakfast that he's cautiously optimistic ahead of today's meeting with the states and territories.

• Guest: Tim Nicholls, Minister for Health of Queensland
• Producer: Tyler Hall

National cabinet will meet today to try to strike a deal on public hospital funding.

The state, territory and federal governments have been locked in a stalemate over negotiations for the next five years of funding for hospitals — and a new state-run program for young children with mild developmental disabilities.

• GUEST: Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Ageing
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

Liberal leadership speculation continues to simmer ahead of parliament's return next week.

• GUEST: Maria Kovacic, Shadow Assistant Minister to the Opposition Leader
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

Temperatures will again soar past 40 degrees in parts of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia today … as firefighters battle several blazes.

In Victoria, more than 110,000 hectares of farmland have been burnt — with eight homes believed lost in the Otways region. Fireys in the state have long complained of an ageing truck fleet and inadequate safety equipment despite the Victorian government's insistence that funding for the Country Fire Authority has increased.

• Guest: John Houston, President of the CFA Volunteers Group and a captain of the Grassmere branch in south-west Victoria.
• Producer: Grace Stranger

The extreme heat across parts of southern and eastern Australia this week has left many construction sites abandoned as workers face "tools down" orders for days on end.

With heatwave conditions persisting across parts of the country, questions are now being asked about the longer-term effects on the building industry.

• GUEST: Denita Wawn, CEO Master Builders Australia
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

The United States has dispatched what President Donald Trump calls "massive US armada" to the Gulf.

He says the fleet is ready to attack with speed and violence, if necessary.

• Guest: Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies
• Producer: Pip Cook