Michelle Chantelois
There must be a handbook given out to women who have had, or claim to have had, an affair with a high-profile politician. I imagine it’s called something like The truth will set you free! Seriously, you’re fabulous and, like, totally emotionally evolved!!
It’s full of sage advice such as “stop being so utterly selfless and think of yourself for once you amazing selfless woman,” and “you could have saved him if only he knew what was good for him,” and “don’t forget your clothes flew off all by themselves.”
And I imagine at least two women interviewed this week have a well-worn copy on their bedside tables - Michelle Chantelois and Rielle Hunter.
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It’s been pilloried in song by Paul Kelly as a stuffy and boring place where nothing interesting ever happens, but if someone made a film about the past five months of politics in the City of Churches it would probably attract an MA rating.
Economically and culturally South Australia is humming along. Just 10 years ago, in the backdraft of the $3.15 billion collapse of the State Bank on Labor’s watch, it was an economic basketcase which young people were queuing to leave.
Last Thursday, on the day I started this piece by sitting down with Premier Mike Rann, the national employment figures confirmed that SA has yet again registered the lowest jobless rate in the land.
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Refugee says:
I have to wonder about the whole “Wind Farms” idea not having any dissent.I recall a lot of NIMBY dissent, most especially when Rann put a wind turbine right on top of an Aboriginal grave site. People begged him (from all walks of life) to just move that one turbine… Read more »
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Patricia says:
David, don’t be taken in by Rann-spin. There are plenty of people who are not getting enough hours, not getting work in their field etc. The elephant in the room you didn’t address is the corruption. Rann can pretend everything is hunky-dory and sure, the Chantelois saga has exposed the… Read more »
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