Not long ago there was a political sex scandal in NSW, with Labor luminary John Della Bosca admitting to an affair with a young woman called Kate Neill. While the scandal broke months ago now, it's still heavily invoked in reporting about the politician.

Now, in South Australia, there are allegations that the Premier Mike Rann was having an affair with a former employee of Parliament House. Like the Della Bosca scandal, this will go on for a while, I think.

It might have some impact on Rann's electoral chances, but I doubt it will be great. Australians are generally pretty tolerant of the private shenanigans of public figures.
 


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