Crikey and iSentia chart which politicians are receiving the most media oxygen each week.
Julia Gillard returned to the head of the table this week.
The independents remain front and centre this week but new WA National Tony Crook is the list’s biggest mover.
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.
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.
The gap in volume between the two leaders narrows once again as the campaign enters the home stretch. Kevin Rudd is maintaining his "third leader" status.
Julia Gillard received significantly more coverage across all media over the past week.
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.
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...
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.
Huge volume continues for the new Prime Minister, as she moved from a deal on the mining tax to a Timor Sea solution on asylum seekers
