The Tuesday Top Twenty

He admitted he was a media tart years ago, so it should come as not surprise that Peter Beattie continues to hang round the top of the Crikey/Media Monitors Top Twenty for the week of 26 June-2 July.

The Northern Territory intervention continues to dominate the media, with John Howard, Kevin Rudd and Mal Brough all in the Top 4. But the Queensland angles – and the start of his Dame Nellie Melba long goodbye – has put Peter Beattie in the Number 3 slot.

They have also propelled his deputy and likely successor, Anna Bligh, 18 places up the charts to slide in to the Number 20 slot.

In comparison, Treasurer Peter Costello is sliding down the charts. (And has he actually offered a view on the Aboriginal issue?)

TW (Move)	Politician	Press	Radio	TV	Internet	Total
1 (0)	John Howard	881	9,819	5,285	6,115	22,100
2 (0)	Kevin Rudd	419	5,072	1,268	3,047	9,806
3 (0)	Peter Beattie	211	2,779	1,897	1,306	6,193
4 (3)	Mal Brough	234	3,141	1,165	956	5,496
5 (0)	Steve Bracks	137	1,500	1,336	1,363	4,336
6 (-2)	Morris Iemma	140	1,807	306	1,535	3,788
7 (-1)	Peter Costello	162	1,256	659	1,301	3,378
8 (0)	Tony Abbott	104	1,418	332	555	2,409
9 (6)	Alexander Downer	63	926	600	804	2,393
10 (0)	Julia Gillard	53	596	140	888	1,677
11 (0)	Alan Carpenter	97	679	258	517	1,551
12 (1)	Malcolm Turnbull	53	505	57	665	1,280
13 (6)	Mike Rann	66	635	346	229	1,276
14 (4)	Philip Ruddock	46	522	113	243	924
15 (-3)	Helen Coonan	40	93	18	748	899
16 (-7)	Joe Hockey	62	227	1	532	822
17 (5)	Julie Bishop	58	374	8	301	741
18 (12)	Kevin Andrews	17	391	2	232	642
19 (2)	Mark Vaile	18	121	55	384	578
20 (18)	Anna Bligh	24	273	109	4	410

John Howard remained the most frequently mentioned politician on talkback discussion this past week as discussion of the government’s plans for indigenous communities ran hot. Western Australia Premier Alan Carpenter however also crashed the debate, with his dog in the manger contributions.