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The changing of the guard on Spring Street – and other state pollies trying to crash the party – means we’ve got a very different list of acts in the Crikey/Media Monitors Top 20.
The birthday boy, however – John Howard – still remained well in front with more than 20,000 mentions in the meeja. The best present he will have got is the fact that the week’s biggest loser was Peter Costello, who dropped five places down the charts.
The talkback charts provided better news for the Treasurer, who scraped in at Number 5, while Mal Brough dropped out for the first time since the Indigenous intervention plan was announced.
|
TW
|
Politician
|
Press
|
Radio
|
Television
|
Internet
|
Total
|
|
1
|
John Howard
|
726
|
7,786
|
5,106
|
7,048
|
20,666
|
|
2
|
Steve Bracks
|
383
|
6,575
|
2,584
|
1,949
|
11,491
|
|
3
|
Kevin Rudd
|
471
|
3,628
|
3,135
|
3,803
|
11,037
|
|
4
|
Kevin Andrews
|
175
|
4,432
|
1,686
|
1,662
|
7,955
|
|
5
|
Peter Beattie
|
236
|
2,061
|
1,340
|
1,937
|
5,574
|
|
6
|
John Brumby
|
172
|
2,861
|
1,743
|
644
|
5,420
|
|
7
|
Peter Costello
|
239
|
1,588
|
1,218
|
2,138
|
5,183
|
|
8
|
Philip Ruddock
|
66
|
863
|
193
|
1,669
|
2,791
|
|
9
|
Malcolm Turnbull
|
105
|
1,278
|
617
|
704
|
2,704
|
|
10
|
Alexander Downer
|
59
|
858
|
260
|
1,363
|
2,540
|
|
11
|
Mal Brough
|
64
|
898
|
148
|
1,040
|
2,150
|
|
12
|
Morris Iemma
|
98
|
1,029
|
121
|
850
|
2,098
|
|
13
|
Tony Abbott
|
89
|
521
|
218
|
664
|
1,492
|
|
14
|
Rob Hulls
|
47
|
583
|
508
|
213
|
1,351
|
|
15
|
Wayne Swan
|
51
|
644
|
106
|
545
|
1,346
|
|
16
|
Alan Carpenter
|
285
|
459
|
38
|
267
|
1,049
|
|
17
|
Brendan Nelson
|
34
|
230
|
112
|
538
|
914
|
|
18
|
Ian Macfarlane
|
80
|
385
|
16
|
376
|
857
|
|
19
|
Mike Rann
|
46
|
474
|
81
|
240
|
841
|
|
20
|
Mark Vaile
|
44
|
261
|
8
|
305
|
618
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