Malcolm still thunderstrikes a chord

We had a quick look at the figures for the first two serious weeks of last year and surprise, surprise, while Tony Abbott has received 79% of Kevin Rudd’s coverage in the past two weeks, Malcolm Turnbull received just 35% of Kevin Rudd’s coverage over the same two weeks in 2009. The fascination is strong, and enduring?

Senator Joyce leaps up to a still distant third, and the PR hack in me can’t help thinking the better option for the Government would be to let his remarks hang out there all on their own without too much response until much closer to the campaign. Or perhaps the campaign is close?

Stephen Conroy makes the biggest move of all, receiving a significant amount of coverage about the appointment of Labor mover and shaker Mike Kaiser to a key and highly lucrative role in the new NBN authority.

A brave showing from the Shadow Finance Minister, but it remains very much a two horse race for talkback mentions, and a very close one at that.

After all those years wearing his school uniform, Angus Young may be on the verge of finally being eligible for a bus pass, but at least this is one bunch of ancient rockers who are still touring to support new output, rather than just becoming their own tribute band like so many others.