Green’s Dictionary of Slang

use n.

[? SE useless]

(Aus.) deceptive information, trickery.

[Aus]R.G. Barrett Mud Crab Boogie (2013) [ebook] How could he tell the boys that after training and playing all year [...] Nizegy had just got busted, Coyne was on the toe to parts unknown, and they’d been given a use.