Rugby league boss Peter V’landys has vowed to use the power and influence of his sport to fight the gang bloodshed in Western Sydney.

Anthony Albanese was forced to clean up another potential campaign mess for Labor after saying turning back asylum seeker boats meant offshore detention wasn’t needed. 

Scott Morrison has refused to admit he broke a key election promise by not establishing a federal anti-corruption watchdog, instead spinning the blame on the Opposition in a fiery fourth day of the election campaign. 

Broncos coach Kevin Walters has taken aim at the NRL, declaring star prop Payne Haas should not have been suspended for Brisbane’s daunting Good Friday clash against premiers the Panthers in Sydney. 

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