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Number 5 with a bullet! From nowhere, Troy Buswell writhes orgiastically into the top five in the Media Monitors Crikey Political Index. Thank goodness he boycotted the 2020 summit - poor bloke would have OD’d on 500+ chairs.
Morris Iemma’s Labor conference electrocution is enough to beat Wayne Swan, preparing for his close-up, into third spot, and both have pushed Brendan “every mother loves her baby” Nelson down to 4th.
Garrett and Wong (can someone convince them to make a buddy cop movie, please?) have also taken a tumble, but Crikey’s favourite razor-wielder Lindsay Tanner has rocketed a buttock-bruising six places into the top 20.
And here’s a challenge for Crikey readers — why does Stephen Smith have so many internet mentions when his stats would otherwise confine him to the obscurity of the high teens? Is there a www.suaveforeignminister.com site we don’t know about?
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TW
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Move
|
Position
|
Politician
|
Press
|
Radio
|
TV
|
Internet
|
Total
|
|
1
|
0
|
PM
|
Kevin Rudd
|
982
|
5,025
|
2,703
|
13,786
|
22,496
|
|
2
|
1
|
Premier
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Morris Iemma
|
498
|
6,649
|
2,894
|
3,585
|
13,626
|
|
3
|
1
|
Cabinet
|
Wayne Swan
|
418
|
3,065
|
1,807
|
2,730
|
8,020
|
|
4
|
-2
|
Opp Leader
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Brendan Nelson
|
200
|
1,759
|
650
|
4,842
|
7,451
|
|
5
|
*
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WA Opp Lea
|
Troy Buswell
|
272
|
3,136
|
1,350
|
735
|
5,493
|
|
6
|
5
|
Shadow
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Malcolm Turnbull
|
152
|
1,429
|
754
|
1,848
|
4,183
|
|
7
|
0
|
Premier
|
John Brumby
|
217
|
1,065
|
757
|
1,117
|
3,156
|
|
8
|
0
|
Cabinet
|
Stephen Smith
|
74
|
855
|
351
|
1,789
|
3,069
|
|
9
|
-3
|
Premier
|
Anna Bligh
|
230
|
1,019
|
270
|
1,521
|
3,040
|
|
10
|
-5
|
Cabinet
|
Julia Gillard
|
106
|
207
|
54
|
2,094
|
2,461
|
|
11
|
3
|
Cabinet
|
Joel Fitzgibbon
|
65
|
894
|
595
|
640
|
2,194
|
|
12
|
-2
|
Cabinet
|
Nicola Roxon
|
129
|
565
|
254
|
1,190
|
2,138
|
|
13
|
7
|
Premier
|
Alan Carpenter
|
110
|
563
|
582
|
639
|
1,894
|
|
14
|
-2
|
Backbench
|
Peter Costello
|
124
|
185
|
170
|
887
|
1,366
|
|
15
|
-6
|
Cabinet
|
Penny Wong
|
80
|
325
|
11
|
831
|
1,247
|
|
16
|
-3
|
Cabinet
|
Peter Garrett
|
30
|
94
|
74
|
809
|
1,007
|
|
17
|
-1
|
Cabinet
|
Chris Evans
|
57
|
298
|
11
|
543
|
909
|
|
18
|
6
|
Cabinet
|
Lindsay Tanner
|
65
|
292
|
43
|
473
|
873
|
|
19
|
3
|
Cabinet
|
Jenny Macklin
|
38
|
322
|
59
|
384
|
803
|
|
20
|
3
|
Premier
|
Mike Rann
|
95
|
297
|
88
|
274
|
754
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Talkback Top Five
|
Rank
|
Politician
|
Talkback
|
|
1
|
Morris Iemma
|
576
|
|
2
|
Troy Buswell
|
420
|
|
3
|
Kevin Rudd
|
201
|
|
4
|
Wayne Swan
|
59
|
|
5
|
Brendan Nelson
|
47
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Comparison
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The Logies
|
175
|
818
|
1512
|
479
|
2,984
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