Crikey

Peter Costello has been toppled. The Treasurer has tumbled down the charts in this week’s Crikey/Media Monitors Top Twenty, pushed out by a trio of premiers – Peter Beattie, Morris Iemma and Steve Bracks.

Beattie was propelled up the charts by the Palm Island case and the acquittal of Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley early in the week.

Matters indigenous have dominated the political news agenda since then.

Mal Brough has jumped 12 places to land in the Top 10 this week on the back of media coverage of the Government’s intervention plan for indigenous communities. WA Premier Alan Carpenter has soared 25 places with his contribution to the debate, including claims the Commonwealth should have acted earlier to address problems in indigenous communities.

John Howard remained the most-discussed politician on talkback, although Mal Brough has crashed the top five.

Talkback Top Five

There’s more on the issues of the week at the Media Monitors website.

And for our comparison of the coverage between pollies and the rest of the world, we have some badly dressed fat guy and his sheila.