sue for wrongful ar

rest was a master's

touch.

His flight to Los

Angeles to enter a

rehabilation clinic

was better still.

Los Angeles just

the place for a

young, self-

deluding celebrity

with lots of money

to go for rehabili

tation.

What's the prob

lem? Western Aus

tralian facilities not

good enough? Not

enough spas, bars

and bedrooms?

Evidently not.

This could be the

election winner

health minister

Tony Abbott and his

coalition team have

been looking for.

Time for federal in

vention, time to re

store a health sys

tem a hopeless

Western Australian

Labor government

has neglected.

What a sorry state

of play when the

system isn't good

enough to support

AFL idolsicons in

the style of rehabili

tation to which they

are accustomed.

Cousins has since

gone missing. What

will this loveable,

crazy, mixed-up kid

think of next?

Meanwhile, rugby

league is nowhere

and it's difficult to

know what catch-up

strategy it can ado

pt.

Drug problems,

public punch-ups,

sexual-assault alle

gations; all been

done and superced

ed.

Perhaps a gay tran

svestite sex-and-

drugs romp with

union bosses, and

even that would

seemth..th.well, a poor

cousin to Cousins'

escapades.

With the cricket

season about to pro

duce its own head

lines, it's time to be

a gracious loser and

admit AFL has been

the real winner.