All eyes on Slipper’s speaker appointment
Sorry folks, no-one gets the chance to vote either for or against Mr Slipper ever again, but I’m sure he’s taken your comments seriously nevertheless…
View ArticleBrickbats for Gillard’s cabinet reshuffle
Not too many bouquets for the Prime Minister for the last big piece of political news of the year.
View ArticleWho got the most media mentions this year?
Last year it was close to a three-way tie at the top, with Tony Abbott wedged between the two prime ministers of 2010, at the end of the year doubtless still cursing that he hadn’t become the third...
View ArticleRoxon in the news thanks to the new role
Nicola Roxon was off to a busy start to the year in her new role as Attorney General.
View ArticleGambaro’s flame burns bright and quick
Teresa Gambaro’s moment in the sun was as brief as it was ripe,.
View ArticleWilkie the winner out of pokies debate coverage
So impressive how all the political commentators have realised that when Julia Gillard talks about not having the numbers in the Parliament to pass Andrew Wilkie’s pokies reforms, she means her own...
View ArticleSo what do Kevin Rudd and Novak Djokovic have in common?
They’re not team players. Luckily for Novak he plays an individual sport.
View ArticleAn excitable start to the parliamentary year
The Press Gallery were awfully excited to start the Parliamentary year.
View ArticleAbbott regains top spot in social media mentions
Tony Abbott was back in the top spot on the social media top five.
View ArticleRudd reclaims number one spot, beats Iron Lady
Rudd's number one but will he ever be again?
View ArticleIt’s all about Bob Carr (and maybe Clive Palmer too)
Clive can pretty much do or say whatever he wants, and we think Clive likes that
View ArticleSentia Media index: politics over policy in Canberra
It was the politics of Canberra, not the policy, which dominated media headlines, talkback radio and social media chatter this week.
View ArticleSentia Media index: Conroy holds firm on media regs
The front runners in this week’s social media top five are a fair reflection of the year that was. As we note week after week, Kevin Rudd is not going anywhere.
View ArticleSentia Media index: the pollies who won the media in 2012
Julia Gillard won plenty more media mentions than Tony Abbott in 2012, but the talkback radio and social media buzz was mostly negative. Sentia Media's index tracks the year that was.
View ArticleSentia Media index: Macking the media mentions
Julia Gillard returned to the desk early and soaked up media coverage on bushfires and the royal commission. And Jenny Macklin's gaffe won her headlines for the wrong reasons.
View ArticleSentia Media index: Armstrong tops state pollie peloton
Moving up the Sentia Media political index this week were state politicians Campbell Newman and Jay Weatherill, while Lance Armstrong nearly doubled Julia Gillard's coverage figures thanks to his Oprah...
View ArticleSentia Media index: finger spin puts PM into bat
Between handing out gongs and visiting disaster-hit areas, Julia Gillard was the star of the media this week. But her boyfriend tried clumsily to steal some of the spotlight.
View ArticleSentia Media index: Gillard sings, but Beyonce rules
Julia Gillard named an election date -- then it all went south. Craig Thomson was grabbing the headlines, and Beyonce's Super Bowl performance had everyone talking.
View ArticleSentia Media index: K-Rudd still mining the headlines
The biggest movers in political coverage of late are ALP rising star and Justice Minister Jason Clare and Sports Minister Kate Lundy following the release of the Australian Crime Commission report into...
View ArticleSentia Media index: ‘Xenophobia’ fuels election spin
Nick Xenophon's aborted trip to Malaysia grabbed plenty of headlines this week. But not more than the constant media speculation over the Labor leadership.
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