The Three Tenors – John Howard, Kevin Rudd and Peter Costello (some argue that politically he’s a castrato) continue to hog the top spots in the Crikey/Media Monitors Tuesday Top 20 for the week of 4-11.

Victorian Premier Steve Bracks, however, has been thrown into the Number 4 position thanks to the Kerang raid crash and comments over the arrest of Tony Mokbel in Greece.

Australia’s broadband service might be pretty useless, but they’ve propelled Labor’s communications spokesman Stephen Conroy 11 places up the charts and into the Top 20. His colleague, opposition education minister Stephen Smith, has jumped 10 places to sit at number 19, thanks largely to his response to Paul Keating’s lessons for Labor on Lateline last week.

Peter Garrett is the big loser this week, slumping six places. But he’s used to the ups and downs of the charts and, anyway, we’re sure he’s more concerned about artistic integrity.

 

Move

Politician

Press

Radio

TV

Internet

Total

1

0

John Howard

707

5,880

2,843

7,046

16,476

2

0

Kevin Rudd

425

3,254

1,601

4,128

9,408

3

0

Peter Costello

314

2,805

1,493

2,031

6,643

4

6

Steve Bracks

172

2,346

2,083

1,002

5,603

5

1

Morris Iemma

148

2,006

813

1,058

4,025

6

-2

Julia Gillard

108

1,573

623

1,240

3,544

7

1

Joe Hockey

101

814

1,212

1,203

3,330

8

-3

Peter Beattie

150

1,055

444

1,406

3,055

9

-2

Malcolm Turnbull

86

670

164

1,274

2,194

10

3

Tony Abbott

66

677

359

800

1,902

11

5

Mark Vaile

30

841

520

469

1,860

12

2

Anna Bligh

98

818

277

559

1,752

13

-1

Alexander Downer

35

468

76

1,155

1,734

14

-3

Wayne Swan

66

788

298

570

1,722

15

-6

Peter Garrett

76

569

41

675

1,361

16

5

Helen Coonan

69

393

373

515

1,350

17

1

Julie Bishop

60

404

1

336

801

18

11

Stephen Conroy

23

531

109

97

760

19

10

Stephen Smith

71

513

18

130

732

20

5

Brendan Nelson

41

250

134

283

708

John Howard overtook Kevin Rudd as the most frequently mentioned politician on talkback discussion this past week.

Rank

Politician

Talkback

1

John Howard

1,056

2

Kevin Rudd

762

3

Peter Costello

277

4

Julia Gillard

146

5

Peter Beattie

125

 

And on the outside? How do our leaders’ media mentions measure up? Well, on the outside on politics – but in the inside in Greece, this is what Tony Mokbel scored this week. With a media profile like that, the NSW ALP in the seventies would have found him a safe seat.

 

Tony Mokbel

231

5,257

4,814

621

10,923