No movement at the top as Julia Gillard maintains a lead over the natural disaster plagued Premier of Queensland.
Articles by Patrick Baume 
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Anna Bligh continues to draw headlines
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Quite possibly who didn’t make the list is more interesting than who did.
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WikiLeaks gets the water loving Rudd-duck back to number one, with plenty of TV and radio coverage.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: WikiLeaks controversy gets Rudd unwanted press
Kevin Rudd up to number two as the main Australian politician caught out so far by the WikiLeaks.
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The new Premier of Victoria, the man most thought would never make it, fell over the line in an unexpected but not totally surprising win, given the last five or so elections in Australia.
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It’s all about the NBN this week, and interestingly it’s the Shadow Minister who got more coverage than the Minister.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Victorian electioneering gets the coverage
I’m finding it hard to understand all the angst in the Labor Party over the gay marriage issue.
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Australian politics seems to return to some kind of normalcy — money, sport and media moguls dominating news coverage.
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Plenty of movement this week as the Victorian election campaign kicks off.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: It was Joe Hockey’s week
Well if Joe Hockey’s main intention was to lift his profile, it’s worked
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The biggest mover of all was Chris Bowen, with the announcement on moving some families in detention into the community while they are being processed
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The Coalition talked of doom and devastation, while the Greens and environmentalists talked of … doom and devastation.
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Andrew Wilkie brought up the Afghanistan war as a topic deserving extensive debate. and received the coverage for it.
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Well so far its been all sound and fury, signifying nothing, as the Parliament of the Cat Wrangling begins…
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This week, the bovver boys of the respective Parties are the biggest movers.
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An interesting top seven for the first week of the Second Gillard Government…
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The wonderful irony of the dullest Federal campaign ever coming up with the most interesting result ever has not been lost on most of the media.
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The coverage in the week leading into the last moments of the campaign has been so equitable that Tony Abbott has actually snuck fractionally ahead.
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Julia Gillard received significantly more coverage across all media over the past week.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: The Media Monitors’ Top 20
This almost surreal campaign continues, with one side starting up a scare campaign on what is thought to be a weak point of the other, the other side immediately caving in and agreeing to no change ever without every Australian citizen’s signature in blood.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: The Media Monitors’ Top 20
Joe Hockey returns from virtual silence to jump in to the campaign head first, showing he’s down with the kids well enough to know that Paris is so retro she’s back in now and there’s nothing the jugend like better than a bad Paris Hilton joke…
Morning Market Report: Morning Market Report
Wall Street closed up 3 overnight. Last night was the end of a six day rally that resulted in the S&P 500 putting on 8.7% in six days.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: The Media Monitors’ Top 20
Very little change at the top, with the Prime Minister maintaining a volume of coverage across all media well into the 40,000’s and a three to one lead on the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott.
