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Perth MusicBen Cousins - Property Mogul
That nice young lad from the Eagles, Ben Cousins, made good use of his imposed exile from football last weekend by joining a group of 50 of Perth’s up and coming movers and shakers on an all-expenses paid junket to Melbourne thanks to a property consortium from Victoria that is keen to see some Western Australian cash invested into Victorian coffers. The Boy’s weekend/business opportunity saw the selected few going to the footy on Friday night (where Ben sat with members of the Eagles squad who were not playing in the game against Essendon), tours of Melbourne’s finest nightspots in the evenings, and site visits to property developments during the day. Apparently Melbourne may be running out of water, but there is no shortage of new property developments. You too could own an apartment in the same street as James Hird for a few million…
By all accounts, Ben was on his best behaviour all weekend however, keeping to himself and not partying with the rest of the fella’s into the wee small hours of the morning. One member of the tour made the comment to me, however, that ” No matter where we went, Ben was followed by at least 20 girls wanting to talk to him. I was happy to stand nearby and wait for his handballs!” Needless to say, the attention Ben attracted from females and males alike that wanted to talk to him was enough to make another member of the tour say “Poor bastard, if this is what his life is like everyday, no wonder he has issues…”
Not sure if Ben was one of the many in the 50 movers and shakers that made commitments to buy some of the property they were exposed to on the weekend, but hey, if you are earning that much money and not playing football or doing drugs, a man has to have a hobby….
February 24th, 2007 at 3:59 am
Your source for the report on the Perth Liberal Party lunch (not dinner) misled you. Bianca Rinehart delivered not the keynote address but the vote of thanks to the Prime Minister. Miss Rinehart, a lady of quality with a quick mind and an enviable understanding of resources industries, correctly pointed out that the mining boom is fragile, because miners are subject to a host of pressures including high costs, difficulty in sourcing labour, and excessive regulation and taxation. One influential investor was heard to say “This young woman has had the nerve to tell the PM something important, that all of us should have said long ago.” My information is that the Federal Treasurer was cheerfully impressed, and that his apple metaphor should be interpreted as “There is no doubt about the lady’s parentage and grand-parentage.” Quite so.