International arrivals will be slashed and home quarantine will be trialed as part of National Cabinet's four-stage plan to lead Australia out of COVID.

Optus says most of its customers should be back online now after a mass outage.

New figures show women have taken up 48 per cent of appointments to company boards in Australia so far this year.

In sport, the third round at Wimbledon gets underway tonight with Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray among the big names in action.

And in entertainment news, Marlon Wayans says Paris Hilton and her sister Nicky were the original inspirations for the hit film White Chicks.