Geoff Cousins, the ad man and former Howard government adviser promised that he would make life hell for Malcolm Turnbull in Wentworth, after Turnbull as Environment Minister gave the green light to a proposed pulp mill in the Tamar Valley in Northern Tasmania, writes Greg Barns.
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Nothing fair about AFL’s kangaroo court
The AFL announced yesterday that it was appointing Family Court judge Linda Dessau as an AFL Commissioner. Perhaps Ms Dessau might care to give her fellow AFL Commissioners a lesson in fairness and the rule of law, writes Greg Barns.
Ben Cousins given the Haneef treatment
Ben Cousins’ year of living dangerously has reached its seemingly inevitable conclusion with the AFL commission banning The Brownlow Medalist from the competition for a year, writes Francis Leach.
The Cousins saga brings credit to no-one
The whole sorry Ben Cousins saga has been a masterclass in how not to address the issue of illicit drug-taking in sport, writes Charles Happell.
Could Ben Cousins sue the WA Police?
Last week, the Western Australian Police managed to charge Ben Cousins with a drug offence that doesn’t exist. They then held a media conference for which the only purpose seems to have been to humiliate Mr Cousins and prejudice the community against him. Should he have some redress? wonders Greg Barns.
Test or no test: the Cousins conundrum
Amidst the furore of the dramatic Ben Cousins arrest and the sad end to his West Coast career an interesting contradiction has emerged, writes Adam Schwab.
But Senator Brandis, Cousins never tested positive
There is a fatal flaw in Senator George Brandis’s criticism of the AFL over its handling of the Ben Cousins affair, writes Adam Schwab.
Reality check: Election? What election?
The election hardly features in the most read lists of the 10 newspaper web sites we are monitoring during the campaign, writes Richard Farmer.
The Daily Verdict: Day 3 and Ben Cousins helps Labor
Ben Cousins has rescued a side many times and yesterday he came to the aid of Labor, pushing the talk of tax cuts right down the news agenda, writes Richard Farmer.
No one’s a winner in the Ben Cousins saga
Ben Cousins latest drug charge again highlights the issue of how clubs and sporting administrations tackle the issue of drug use among their players, writes Jeff Wall.
Ben Cousins and the futility of the war on drugs
Ben Cousins gets charged with possessing an illegal drug and thousands of dollars of Western Australian taxpayers’ money will be wasted on processing, charging and prosecuting him. Why not spend the money more wisely, argues Greg Barns.
Peter Garrett? Who’s Peter Garrett?
Where has Shadow Environment Minister Peter Garrett been hiding? How is it that a close friend of Prime Minister John Howard is now more vocal on a major environmental issue than the man who once penned the lyrics to Blue Sky Mine?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
$17 billion budget surplus and pork … beware the Cookie Monster … Nicholas Whitlam on Geoffrey Cousins … the Exclusive Brethren … Mary Kostakidis …
Geoffrey Cousins, all is forgiven
For a supposedly close mate of the Prime Minister, Telstra director Geoffrey Cousins appears to have joined his colleagues in going native although in his case the issue is Malcolm Turnbull’s approval of the Gunns pulp mill, writes Stephen Mayne.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey Says – 21 August, 2007
Overnight Fairfax sacked their star, Walkley-winning blogger Jack Marx for suggesting that Kevin Rudd might be capable of maintaining an er-ction. Whether this assertion may have provided a long-awaited point of difference with John Howard is moot, the issue is rather one of editorial timidity.
