Right Pulse

South Australian Premier Mike Rann recently made a desperate attempt to shut down non-state controlled media during the upcoming South Australian election. The Liberal Party dutifully supported the legislation which would have required bloggers and citizens that post on news websites and other online outlets to identify their true identify, including their postcode.  Given that the same argument used to support the legislation could also be used to support the abolition of the secret ballot, seems to have been lost on the politicians but on concerned citizens.

Anyway, the SA government has dumped the idea after a massive out cry on online websites. Adelaide Now recorded nearly a thousand comments about the move on their story on the issue. Suspicion abounds that it was an attempt by Mike Rann to gag discussion on his alleged relationship with one Michelle Chantelois.

Ms Chantelois says she took the lie detector test over her claim the pair had a sexual relationship, and gave the results and a personal letter to Mr Rann’s Adelaide office.

But she is not revealing whether she passed the test, or who paid for it….

Mr Rann is suing Channel 7 and New Idea magazine for publishing the claims.

So someone is  not happy, especially after Michelle Chantelois estranged husband punched Mike Rann in the head. Charming. If anything it shows the power of non-traditional media forms and the inability of left-ward politicians to control the medium like they control the ABC. Tony Abbott should take note.