PS hears residents, who over the years have included several high-profile Sydney names including members of the Packer clan, were more than a little relieved to hear Miller had left the building.

The 38-year-old ex-husband of Charlotte Dawson, Miller informed one of his neighbours he was bound for a rehabilitation clinic.

Rumours that his long-time mentor and friend, the broadcaster Alan Jones, had helped orchestrate the rehabilitation stint, understood to be for up to six months, remain just that.

The broadcaster declined to confirm or deny the rumours when PS approached him this week, offering only that ''these are very, very personal issues'' which did not ''deserve to be ventilated in the public place.''

Deservedly or otherwise, the former sporting champion remains in the same national spotlight he once bathed in, though these days it has nothing to do with his victories in the the pool.

On July 20 Miller was searched at about 11pm in Potts Point when police allege they found 7.75 grams of methamphetamine or ''ice''.

Already on bail for other drugs charges, he was taken to Kings Cross police station where he was charged with ''supply an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug''.

At the time his solicitor, Greg Goold, told the court the drug analysis may show a lesser weight, and Miller would be prepared to plead guilty to possession.

''Scott really needs rehabilitation. He's got a few issues that need resolving and he thinks that drug rehabilitation is right for him,'' Goold said.

''He certainly denies that he's a drug dealer.''

Goold said Miller was more likely to change his ways now, because he realises he's ''running out of chances''.

Magistrate Les Mabbutt granted bail on several conditions, including a curfew that would confine him to his Edgecliff home between 8pm and 7am.

Mabbutt said Miller's need for ''liberty'' in order to go into rehabilitation outweighed prosecutors' concerns about him re-offending.

Kruger indulges passion for fashion

They don't call her the Krugernator for nothing.

If there is anyone on Australian television who knows how to cut a deal, it has to be Sonia Kruger.

Kruger, already earning a whopping $850,000 a year as one of Channel Nine's resident ''stars'' hosting its highly prized Big Brother format as well as its Mornings program, the former dancer from Toowoomba has big ambitions.

She is taking home an estimated $150,000 a year posing as a celebrity pill popper for Swisse and last month signed as an ambassador for Porsche, most recently seen behind the wheel of a $150,000 plus bumblebee yellow Cayman.

She has her own production company, aptly named Sonia Kruger Productions, of which she is listed as director, secretary and sole shareholder, as well as her share in a multi-million-dollar property portfolio.

And now she has her sights set on closets across the country, with the launch of her own fashion label - suitably named SK by Sonia Kruger, available online and at David Jones.

Kruger will be able to model her frocks in front of millions of television viewers every day, with part of the deal resulting in the label becoming part of her regular television wardrobe.

''I wanted to create a collection that could match any woman's idea of style: sophisticated palettes, precise jacquard prints, and everything from beautiful everyday classics to evening wear," Kruger says.

''Clothes that make a woman feel like the whole universe is watching.''

Well, a few million television viewers each week, at the very least.

Oy Vey, Maria!

She may have notched up 73 years, but there is nothing old about the Goddess of Gladesville, Maria Venuti.With nary a Homeyped  or Kumf in sight, Venuti is ‘‘doing the 70s’’ her own way: as high-voltage, big cleavaged, be-sequined Fairy Godmother.Fresh from her ‘‘Foodgasms’’ tour of Sicily, Venuti has returned to Sydney and is bringing her infamous ‘‘continental shelf’’ to the stage of Darlinghurst club Slide on September 5 for a night of cabaret and banter with proceeds being raised for The Reach Foundation.Go get ‘em Maria.

YACHT FOR SAIL

Sydney's Neville Crichton has a new love in his life - in the form of a 46.2-metre superyacht that he has poured at least $30 million into and is under construction in Europe.

He has to make some room in the Crichton flotilla and has put his existing 41-metre superyacht Como up for sale.

Como could be all yours for the not too shabby price of $16 million.

Originially from New Zealand but now entrenched in Point Piper, Crichton's new gin palace may never make it to Sydney Harbour, the wealthy car importer preferring to keep his boats bobbing about the waters of the Mediterranean. .

GATSBY IN CHINA

Apart from being dubbed in Mandarin, there have been no editing or story changes made in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, which is set to open in China on August 30. It is the first film Luhrmann has had launched in China, which is expected to soon eclipse the US as the world's largest film market. Luhrmann himself will attend the movie's Beijing premiere.

KNIVES OUT FOR CHEFS

Some of the country's big name chefs could teach Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd a thing or two about campaigning. With the annual food awards season in full swing leading up to the Good Food Guide in a fortnight, PS can reveal the nominees for Wednesday's Australian Gourmet Traveller chef of the year awards, a sort of ''Miss Congeniality'' award of fine dining. The award will be judged by members of the industry.

Sydney's Peter Gilmore from Quay is up against fellow Sydneysider Ben Greeno from Momofuku Seiobo, and they are staring down competition from Dan Hunter at the Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld, Victoria, as well as Melbourne's Andrew McConnell from Cutler & Co and Ben Shewry from Attica.

FAY'S DAY

The Abbott women continue to pitch in, though Tony Abbott's mother Fay's motivation for posing for cameras on Thursday was far more admirable than simply winning an election campaign.

A long-standing member of the Chatswood Golf Club, Fay, who has just turned 80 years old, was the star of a ladies charity golf day to raise money for Marist Youth Care.

In the end, enough dough was raised to cover 10 scholarships to Pete's Place in Blacktown, which provides educational services and support to disadvantaged children in years seven to 10. Fay donated a dozen bottles of Parliament House wine, personally signed by Tony, as a raffle prize. Five hundred dollars was raised from a winning bid by Lisa Deakin, who declared: "Election night will be all the merrier now!"