Rehame has Howard at number one but Beazley with more mentions at two. Very odd. It’s a big gap then to Alexander Downer and a bunch of names that
we don’t see very often. Obviously a low news week.

The Politicians

Top Forty Most Mentioned Federal Politicians

Rank

 Name

 Mentions

 Mentions Last Report

 Rank Last Report
1

 John Howard

 3148

 1980

 4
2

 Kim Beazley

 3159

 4551

 1
3

 Alexander Downer

 737

 180

 10
4

 Peter Cook

690

 54

 29
5

 Roger Price

 559

 5

 97
6

 Teresa Gambaro

 558

 0

 172
7

 Petro Georgiou

 399

 0

 172
8

 Tony Smith

 374

 0

 172
9

 John Anderson

324

 121

 14
10

 Kevin Rudd

 256

 3344

 3
11

 Julia Gillard

 218

 3535

 2
12

 Warren Truss

212

 42

 37
13

 Jenny Macklin

 189

 221

 9
14

 Richard Colbeck

 184

 1

 148
15

 Sandy Macdonald

 161

 9

 72
16

 Chris Ellison

 129

 54

 29
17

 Peter Dutton

 127

 6

 91
18

 Brendan Nelson

 125

 43

 35
19

 Warren Snowdon

 123

 61

 27
20

 Joseph Hockey

 109

 4

 111
21

 Stephen Conroy

 100

 3

 117
22

 Helen Coonan

 97

 9

 72
23

 Anthony Albanese

 95

 111

 15
24

 Shayne Murphy

 94

 0

 172
25

 Ian Campbell

 82

 74

 23
26

 Jeannie Ferris

 70

 0

 172
26

 Mark Latham

70

 754

 5
28

 De Anne Kelly

 65

 20

 49
29

 Bob Brown

 64

 6

 91
30

 Kay Patterson

 62

 10

 69
30

 Lyn Allison

62

 84

 21
32

 Kerry Nettle

 61

 7

 81
33

 Joanna Gash

 50

 63

 26
34

 Julie Bishop

 46

 9

 72
35

 Guy Barnett

 45

 17

 51
36

 Ian Macdonald

43

 5

 97
37

 Ruth Webber

 39

 0

 172
38

 Chris Evans

 35

 5

 97
39

 Peter Garrett

 32

 17

 51
40

 Craig Emerson

 30

 21

 48

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The Leaders

Media coverage of Major Party Leaders

Print Items

Electronic items

Total Items

Talkback Callers

Letters to the Editor

John Howard

309

 2839

3148

49

52

Kim Beazley

450

 2709

3159

46

30
John Howard Talkback Issues
1.
John Howard, Clemency Plea – John Howard plea for the life of an
Australian man imprisoned in Singapore prompted callers to ask what he
was doing for Australians in similar positions in Bali and Spain.
2.
Mamdouh Habib – Callers wondered to what extent the Howard government
was complicit in the alleged maltreatment of freed terror suspect
Mamdouh Habib.
3.
Fed Govt, War on Iraq – The Iraqi election renewed debate as to whether
Australia should have participated in the war on Iraq.

Kim Beazley Talkback Issues

1.
Kim Beazley, General Opinion – Callers discussed what they liked and
disliked about the incoming Labor leader’s personality.
2.
Kim Beazley, Sydney Move – Kim Beazley’s announcement that he would be
spending a large amount of time in Sydney prompted mostly humourous
talkback coverage.
3.
Federal Opposition, General – Callers discussed problems within the
Federal ALP and debated whether Kim Beazley could unite the party.

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