For weeks now we've been hearing heartbreaking stories of Australians stranded overseas....unable to get home because of coronavirus entry restrictions and upheaval in the airline industry. Now though - there are signs political leaders will finally try to ease these pressures, by increasing the caps on overseas arrivals.

Also on the program, Victoria's Chief Health Officer has confirmed today that he was not consulted when the state's catastrophic hotel quarantine program was set up; a pilot program to support people to do the right thing and stay home when they test positive for coronavirus is being rolled out across Victoria; and a coronial inquest opens in the NT into the suicides of three young girls in remote communities.

Overseas and in the Middle East they've woken to what Donald Trump says is a new dawn in the region, our correspondent analyses the deal signed by the UAE, Bahrain and Israel and its implications for Palestinians. And farewell to Beijing, we speak to veteran Washington Post reporter Anna Fifield as she departs China and her life as a foreign correspondent.