Tony Abbott is still a popular Facebook topic, according to the social networking platform’s analysis
HE says he’s just a humble backbencher, but Tony Abbott continues to dominate political discussion, according to analysis by Facebook.
HE describes himself as just a humble backbencher, but former prime minister Tony Abbott continues to dominate political discussion across Australia, according to analysis by Facebook.
The social media site has been monitoring conversation trends ever since Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced he’d move the Budget forward a week to May 3 — and it seems his predecessor hasn’t been far from voter’s minds ever since.
Data collected by Facebook between March 21 and April 27 found men aged 45 to 54 and women aged 55 to 64 posted most frequently about the Budget, followed by men aged 35 to 44 and women between the ages of 45 and 54.
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The top three Budget-related terms used on Facebook were Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal Party and Tony Abbott, while Labor Party and Bill Shorten came in fourth and fifth place respectively, followed by Scott Morrison and Clive Palmer.
Budget issues were discussed less frequently than the politicians or parties themselves, not appearing on the list of most-discussed terms until ninth place — with negative gearing.
Among the issues, taxes were discussed 70 per cent of the time, with debt or deficit and spending each discussed only five per cent of the time.
Climate change was the tenth most popular term discussed, followed by the National Party, income tax, big business and asylum seekers.
Interestingly, the top-three most engaged electorates were the marginal seats of Richmond, held by ALP MP Justine Elliot, Page, held by the National’s Kevin Hogan and Liberal MP Louise Markus’ seat of Macquarie.
All three seats are in NSW.
About 14 million people in Australia regularly use Facebook, according to the social media site.
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