Crikey and iSentia chart which politicians are receiving the most media oxygen each week.
It was all health and all Kevin Rudd fighting the Premiers for the whole week, with Victorian Premier John Brumby getting nearly half as much coverage as the PM, while Tony Abbott slid down two spots.
Tony Abbott’s Tour de Snowy has effectively left most of the media running to Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard this week, which may be handy since it's mainly been the PM and a bunch of Labor Premiers bickering.
Malcolm Turnbull exits the stage claiming he’s too old to be Lazarus but it's still very much the Tony and Kevin show on talkback. Tiger jumps through the hoop on cue.
Despite passing Kevin Rudd in volume for the second time this year, it was not a great week for Tony Abbott. Plus, surprise, surprise Ricky Martin is not really into the ladies.
Beyond the state contests, the media focus last week remained totally on health and on the leaders, with Nicola Roxon dropping a spot and Peter Dutton not even making the Top 20.
It's St Paddy’s Day and and we therefore note the top three spots taken by politicians with strong Christian faiths.
Will a Liberal leader bashing big business work the way Labor leaders bashing unions sometimes has? And will his own party be able to keep quiet all the way to the election? Strange days indeed.
An all fronts media blitz from a deeply contrite and promising to do better PM sees Rudd extend his coverage.
A large amount of prognosticating from all of the political commentators about whether Peter Garrett should go, whether he would go and ultimately whose responsibility it is.
Three different leaders in the three traditional media, Peter Garrett way ahead on radio, Tony Abbott’s sluggos still more palatable for telly while Kevin Rudd is left with that boring one with all the words and the occasional complex issue and stuff. Plus, Pauline is back!
