They say powerful figures in an international drug smuggling cartel took advantage of their old age and waning influence by sending them in as “stooges“ on a “suicide mission” to retrieve a $47 million cocaine shipment, their lawyers told the Downing Centre District Court this week.

THE ambitious son of an Australian golfing legend is going toe-to-toe with one of the country’s most powerful men in a $2.9bn war for NRL funding. “Dad taught me to stand up and fight for what you believe in,” says Rugby League Players’ Association boss Clint Newton, the son of Jack Newton – the legendary Australian golfer   who died earlier this year.

WITH his personal life in turmoil and his career as a highly-paid cricket commentator behind him, retired cricketer Michael Slater is making plans to reinvent himself – as a mental health counsellor based at glamorous Queensland holiday hotspot Noosa.

“PERSONALITIES” should be taken out of the investigation into the disappearance of William Tyrrell and the focus should be solely on finding the missing toddler, NSW’s Police Commissioner said.