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Popularity is probably no-comopensation for NSW premier Morris Iemma, who has leapt up the charts this week on the back of various unravellings. Morris’s rise is at least Brendan’s respite.
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TW
|
Move
|
Type
|
Politician
|
Press
|
Radio
|
TV
|
Internet
|
Total
|
|
1
|
0
|
PM
|
Kevin Rudd
|
1,628
|
8,419
|
3,884
|
11,690
|
25,621
|
|
2
|
6
|
Premier
|
Morris Iemma
|
382
|
4,904
|
1,172
|
1,787
|
8,245
|
|
3
|
-1
|
Opp Leader
|
Brendan Nelson
|
464
|
1,422
|
1,115
|
4,705
|
7,706
|
|
4
|
1
|
Cabinet
|
Julia Gillard
|
371
|
2,746
|
965
|
2,006
|
6,088
|
|
5
|
8
|
Backbench
|
Alexander Downer
|
219
|
3,290
|
702
|
937
|
5,148
|
|
6
|
-2
|
Cabinet
|
Wayne Swan
|
276
|
1,004
|
368
|
2,572
|
4,220
|
|
7
|
3
|
Cabinet
|
Stephen Smith
|
186
|
1,249
|
546
|
2,148
|
4,129
|
|
8
|
26
|
Cabinet
|
Penny Wong
|
205
|
1,820
|
1,094
|
502
|
3,621
|
|
9
|
-3
|
Premier
|
Anna Bligh
|
131
|
983
|
586
|
1,424
|
3,124
|
|
10
|
-7
|
ex PM
|
John Howard
|
467
|
575
|
230
|
1,713
|
2,985
|
|
11
|
-2
|
Cabinet
|
Jenny Macklin
|
74
|
1,147
|
475
|
1,220
|
2,916
|
|
12
|
4
|
Shadow
|
Joe Hockey
|
203
|
1,171
|
659
|
788
|
2,821
|
|
13
|
2
|
Cabinet
|
Joel Fitzgibbon
|
120
|
1,016
|
246
|
1,073
|
2,455
|
|
14
|
3
|
Premier
|
John Brumby
|
224
|
868
|
395
|
960
|
2,447
|
|
15
|
-8
|
Shadow
|
Tony Abbott
|
124
|
621
|
358
|
1,119
|
2,222
|
|
16
|
-2
|
Shadow
|
Julie Bishop
|
160
|
615
|
377
|
924
|
2,076
|
|
17
|
-6
|
Shadow
|
Malcolm Turnbull
|
182
|
590
|
110
|
1,115
|
1,997
|
|
18
|
-6
|
Backbench
|
Peter Costello
|
205
|
560
|
171
|
919
|
1,855
|
|
19
|
18
|
Cabinet
|
Anthony Albanese
|
84
|
648
|
215
|
710
|
1,657
|
|
20
|
-2
|
Premier
|
Mike Rann
|
99
|
316
|
283
|
531
|
1,229
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Talkback Top Five
Alexander Downer’s (or is that Dinner?) talkback supremacy shows the virtue of a well-chosen lunch, while a lad’s magazine s-xy list got Julia Gillard her first Top Five spot.
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Rank
|
Politician
|
Talkback
|
|
1
|
Alexander Downer
|
1,025
|
|
2
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Morris Iemma
|
705
|
|
3
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Julia Gillard
|
515
|
|
4
|
Kevin Rudd
|
383
|
|
5
|
Wayne Swan
|
91
|
And our celebrity control sample… who wants an Oscar when you can be Kevvy’s one and only.
|
Cate Blanchett
|
187
|
2,124
|
2,635
|
1,321
|
6,267
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There’s more on the Media Monitors website.
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