Crikey

A great poll and happy snaps with world leaders swamps the Fitzgibbon problem and what should have been a tricky week turns out to be another bottler for the PM, despite his personal proximity to the area of trouble his Defence Minister has found himself in. As pure speculation, would Fitzgibbon be in more trouble if Defence hadn’t tried to knife him first?

Peter Costello back up the list for reasons we certainly can’t fathom (well actually we can, it’s our job  — and it was pretty much all because of the latest poll and his kind offer of help to Joe).

Colin Barnett leaps thanks to gas, BankWest and trading hours, while a slew of Cabinet ministers take the place of the Queensland State identities that have had their moment in the sun until the next one comes round in 18 months or so.

These figures perhaps show the problem for the Federal Opposition even more than the polls  — a lack of cut through even to talkback and even when you whip out the “yellow peril” card. Maybe it actually doesn’t work anymore? Crazy talk, I know…

Not quite a celebrity comparison, we know, but it’s certainly been all bikies across much of the media this week.

There’s more on the Media Monitors website.