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Too many entrants to the Daily Leadership Beat-Up Award to even choose a winner, plus other political issues of the day.

Kevin Rudd is likely to bide his time before making any kind of leadership challenge. Plus other political issues of the day.

Kevin Rudd’s opponent for the seat of Griffith at the next election has roped in outside help for his campaign. He’s asking students from QUT’s Business School to help him attract more younger voters.

Sports fans are irate as doping commentary dominates sport coverage, plus other political issues of the day.

Don’t sneer at Alan Jones — without his long-running campaign against coal seam gas, would the issue have come to the attention of the federal government? Plus other political issues of the day.

Labor’s leadership troubles aren’t just about the coming election but the subsequent election — and Kevin Rudd might have his eye much farther down the track.

The man hoping to knock off Kevin Rudd in Queensland has resigned his position as a “champion” for the NBN, which put him at odds with Tony Abbott.

Fairfax unveils its new “compact” front pages. And other media tidbits.

No contest for today’s Chunky Bits Daily Leadership Beat-Up Award. The ABC won hands down for hanging continuing speculation about a Kevin Rudd challenge on this bit of internet nonsense.

While most people having their unpopularity exposed on front pages across the nation would pull the blankets over their head and stay in bed, the Prime Minister was up and about and appearing on breakfast television.

On this week’s episode, deputy editor Cathy Alexander and Bernard Keane discuss the most recent return of the unshakeable Kevin Rudd. Plus, Crikey launches a call for journalists to boycott the highly stage-managed road trips by political leaders in the federal election campaign.

Kevin Rudd is crowing his mining tax would have collected more revenue. But could he try again — and save Labor in the process? David Llewellyn-Smith at MacroBusiness tests the play.

Julia Gillard will take centre stage at a high-profile economic forum in China in two months. The Middle Kingdom may help shape Australia’s election campaign, so the trip is significant.

The eastern Melbourne seat held by Kevin Rudd numbers man Alan Griffin is theoretically losable for Labor, although it stayed with them throughout the Howard years, writes William Bowe.

Swiss silence from KRudd? … Nova’s hockey scandal … this bush turkey is named after which politician? …

Julia Gillard returned to the desk early and soaked up media coverage on bushfires and the royal commission. And Jenny Macklin’s gaffe won her headlines for the wrong reasons.

Why is Kevin Rudd pushing a policy on Syria he well knows won’t get up? Because he’s outraged that 60,000 people have died, no doubt. But he also seems to be playing politics.

It was the politics of Canberra, not the policy, which dominated media headlines, talkback radio and social media chatter this week.