And So It Comes To This.

It seems that the whole unwholesome business regarding Rudd and the girly bar is one big beat-up after all. The owner of the club has come out with the "saucy" details of Rudd's "sexy" escapade:

'"I remember we got a call from I think it was the owner of the Post, or the editor of the Post, saying that he was coming in with some political figures from Australia, some bigwigs," Mr Osher recalled.

"It was only a one-time thing 'cos I remember that was the only time the editor of the Post came in.

"They came in, we took them to the Champagne Room which is on the main floor and they only stayed for about 15 minutes.

"When you walk into our club, you walk down a long corridor and you don't really know what kind of club it is until you've been inside."

"I guess when he sat down, he realised it was a strip club, and he said, 'Oh no, this won't do' and he really wanted to leave but the editor, the Post guy, he wanted to stay.

"The guy from the Post wanted to stay, not the Australian guy, he wanted to go."

Mr Osher also denied newspaper claims that Mr Rudd had to be cautioned for inappropriate behaviour.

"I saw a couple of stories about people grabbing, touching dancers - nobody in the party grabbed anybody. Nobody was thrown out of the place, they ordered a round of beers and the Australian guys acted like gentlemen.

"He didn't even have time to drink (the beer) he just said, 'Oh no, this won't do'.

"''Cos you're looking at the screen and you just see like a soccer game or a boxing match, and all of a sudden a girl's taking off her dress, and he's like 'Oh no, this won't do'."

Clearly whoever Glenn Milne got the story from, was engaging in some artistic license with the details. The big question now is where did all the bullshit surrounding this incident come from? Any thoughts?

Not the government of course.