A family is a tract of land belonging to
numerous generations; a self-help mutual
CHRISTINE STEAD
212/153

AFL TIPS
ROUND 18

(My tips in bold)

Essendon (108)
St Kilda (75)
dickheads!

Collingwood (105)
Carlton (57)

Port Adelaide (92)
Hawthorn (84)
dickheads!

Sydney (72)
Geelong (125)

Brisbane (64)
Melbourne (74)

Richmond (2.42)
Adelaide (1.47)

Western Bulldogs (1.18)
North Melbourne (4.92)

Fremantle (1.38)
West Coast (3.10)

COUCHMASTER
TIPPING

Bombers stun Saints by 33 points



ESSENDON stunned St Kilda for a third successive time when it careered away with a 33-point win at Etihad Stadium

THE Gillard government would be swept from power according to the latest poll, which shows Labor trailing the Coalition 48 to 52 on a two-party vote.

In a dramatic turnaround, Julia Gillard’s approval has plunged and her lead as preferred Prime Minister has been sharply eroded during a week when  government division was exposed by  an anti-Gillard leak of cabinet secrets.

The Age/Nielsen poll shows Labor’s two party vote fell six points in a week. The primary vote also fell six points, to 36per cent,  an unwinnable level.

Gillard on the nose

Hinch case goes
to High Court



BROADCASTER Derryn Hinch has won a bid to have contempt of court charges for allegedly naming two sex offenders taken to the High Court

'Mission pulls Kernot
to third tilt

Cheryl Kernot has re-emerged on to the national political scene. It was the biggest surprise in yesterday's declaration of nominations for the August 21 federal election

A station called
Barry



WHEN Austereo thought about launching a new digital station, it didn't take long to come up with a concept. ''It makes perfect sense for us to do a pure comedy format,'' says digital chief Jeremy Macvean.

When I was 21, Dad finally told me where babies came from. But he never explained how the stork knew which house to go to!





1951 – Japan Airlines is established





1951 – Evonne Goolagong, Australian tennis player (59)





1964 – Jim Reeves, American singer (b. 1923)





A bearded Pennnsylvania man robbed a bank with a toy gun while wearing a woman’s blonde wig, fake breasts under a sweater and clown trousers, police said. Dennis Hawkins, 48, was arrested sitting in a car in a nearby car park, covered in red dye from an exploding packet in a bag of money

COUCHMASTER
TIPPING

WEDNESDAY 28 JULY



Nine won with 27.1%, from the ABC with 25.6%, Seven on 25.1%, Ten back on 17.7% and SBS on 4.5%

OVER 1 MILLION

1. GRUEN NATION 1,600,000

2. SPICKS AND SPECKS 1,499,000

3. YES WE CANBERRA! 1,493,000

4. SEVEN NEWS 1,454,000

5. TODAY TONIGHT 1,421,000

6. NINE NEWS 1,339,000

7. WORLD'S STRICTEST PARENTS 1,277,000

8. TWO AND A HALF MEN 1,207,000

9. THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE 1,192,000

10. A CURRENT AFFAIR 1,159,000

11. HOT PROPERTY 1,158,000

12. ABC NEWS 1,099,000

13. TWO AND A HALF MEN RPT 1,057,000

14. HOME AND AWAY 1,045,000

15. 7.30 REPORT 1,011,000
    
    UNDER 1 MILLION

16. THE 7PM PROJECT 934,000

17. CITY HOMICIDE 911,000

18. THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS EP 2 900,000

19. THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS 894,000

20. TEN NEWS AT FIVE 890,000

21. THE NEW INVENTORS 883,000

22. LIE TO ME 769,000

23. HOT SEAT 761,000

24. DEAL OR NO DEAL 654,000

25. SUNRISE 384,000

26. TODAY 363,000

    FULL DETAILS