Crikey and iSentia chart which politicians are receiving the most media oxygen each week.
The volume of Federal political discussion seemed to leap somewhat over the past seven days. What on earth could that be about?
A very interesting week in politics, perhaps showing the electorate pushing back against the theory that Australian politics is ever more presidential? Tony Abbott received almost twice his volume of coverage.
Tony Abbott's is now down to around a quarter of Kevin Rudd’s coverage, although the roar got a little bit duller all round this week.
With the media focus more and more on Kevin Rudd, the many weeks of near parity with Tony Abbott’s coverage now seems well in the past. But no one could escape Sex and the City.
The thought seems to be dawning on more than one or two commentators that the 25 years of generally highly competent political leadership in Australia from 1983 to 2007 may have been an anomaly.
The David Campbell issue was absolutely intriguing in media terms, with the initial titillation giving way quite quickly to widespread anger and condemnation of Channel Seven.
It was neck and neck in media coverage between the PM and Opposition Leader this week, but there was lots of change in the bottom half of the list with a variety of ministers fighting it out.
A good week for Wayne, with the ugly Treasurling growing into a serious, fiscally responsible powerswan -- well that’s definitely the spin from the "politics free zone" in the Treasurer’s office.
The widespread media thumping of the PM's character, particularly on emissions trading seems to have had an effect. Perhaps people really do pay attention to political journalists!
The failed CPRS is in the news, but so is a certain chair sniffing disgraced pollie from WA. And the silver screen suffers from a severe case of Bieber fever.
