Arbeit macht frei: - Fredrick Töben

The premier made no further comment on the sex scandal, holding a
community cabinet meeting south of Adelaide on Tuesday amid other
duties.
But a senior colleague, Health Minister John Hill, came out in support of
his premier.
‘The facts speak for themselves,’ Mr Hill told reporters.
‘The premier has absolutely denied all of the allegations that were made.
‘And as far as I’m concerned, and as far as I think the majority of the
population of South Australia is concerned, we just want to get on with the
job of running the government, which is our job.’
Mr Rann said on Monday he would sue the Seven Network and New Idea
magazine for their paid interviews with Ms Chantelois, who alleged a
lengthy sexual affair with the premier.
Ms Chantelois responded to the premier’s denials by telling the Seven
Network she stood by her claims, and challenged Mr Rann to take a lie
detector test.
‘If he wants to take a lie detector test, go for it, because I am willing to do
it, right here and right now,’ she told Seven’s Today Tonight program on
Monday.
Mr Rann on Monday told reporters the claims were ‘outrageous’ and
‘ridiculous’.
He said he had a ‘flirty’ friendship with Ms Chantelois, a married former
Parliament House dining room waitress.
‘I have not had sex with her,’ Mr Rann said.
‘I have never ever hid the fact that I had a friendship with Ms Chantelois
over many, many years.
‘And that friendship was one that was based on confidences and
discussions, it was funny, it was flirty, just like any other friendship would
be.
‘But there is a real, real difference between that friendship and what has
been said.’
Ms Chantelois’ estranged husband, Richard Phillips, is expected to front
court next month charged with assaulting the premier. He allegedly struck
Mr Rann in the face with a rolled up magazine at a corporate dinner on
October 1.
Thereafter there was extensive media interst in the matter with numerous
articles appearing in print, and on websites, radio and television. Indeed, so
much attention was devoted to this local political storm that the public at
large eventually turned off from it. Nevertheless, in view of the 20 March
2010 state elections not surprisingly the story was still active on the Internet
and in the media.
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