Crikey and iSentia chart which politicians are receiving the most media oxygen each week.
Tim Holding and John Della Bosca dominate this week's top 20. Surprised? Patrick Baume crunches the numbers.
A sign of unexpectedly benign economic times when the Treasurer doesn’t even make the Top 20. And vale Brendan Nelson.
The Airlines PNG crash and icy diplomatic conditions with China took Stephen Smith up ten places to a rare appearance in the top five, while Wayne Swan dropped off.
Peter Costello and Anna Bligh are among the most talked about politicians this week, with Anna Bligh up to third spot, thanks to her anti-corruption reforms this week.
As predicted, Malcolm Turnbull is firmly back into second place, at around half the level of coverage of the PM.
All this benign economic news has translated to very little interest in politics generally, though Peter Garrett is keeping the home reactors burning nicely, moving up to fourth position in the media mentions.
The Stern Hu arrest has unsurprisingly launched Stephen Smith, Julie Bishop and Simon Crean way up the list in the battle for political media airtime.
Liberal leadership speculation turns Tony Abbott and Tony Smith into contenders in this week's grab for the most political media air-time.
Malcolm Turnbull overtakes Kevin Rudd in pollie's the battle for media airtime.
Utegate. Need we say more? Patrick Baume on this week's top political stories and movers.
