Australia

Kevin Rudd

Federal Member for Griffith. Proud father of 3 great kids with my wife Thérèse. Born and raised in country Queensland.
1,059,378 followers |

Julia Gillard

Official Twitter account of the Prime Minister of Australia. Tweets by the PM are signed JG.
179,337 followers |

ABC News

Latest news updates from the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
105,984 followers |

Malcolm Turnbull

Federal Member for Wentworth, Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband. Australian Parliament. retweet is not ipso facto an endorsement
85,299 followers |

Cricket Australia

The official home of Cricket Australia
57,553 followers |

Tony Abbott

Leader of the Opposition, Federal Member for Warringah
50,666 followers |

Annabel Crabb

45,416 followers |

Crikey.com.au

Crikey tells you the news the others won't. Join us for exclusive polls, competitions, debate and commentary direct from the Crikey newsroom.
45,165 followers |

The Age

The Age is Melbourne's premier news organisation for breaking news online, on mobile and in print.
44,829 followers |

Bob Brown

Authorised by Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
37,121 followers |

Tim Burrowes

Site covering everything under Australia's media and marketing umbrella. Updated every day, through the day, but not by one of those spammy robot things.
35,586 followers |

ABC Media Watch

Catch us on ABC1 Monday nights at 9.20pm and Wednesday mornings at 12.25am
29,184 followers |

Premier Anna Bligh

Premier of Queensland and Minister for Reconstruction.
27,554 followers |

ABC The Drum

The Drum is the ABC's opinion and analysis portal. This is an official @ABCaustralia account.
25,461 followers |

Mark Scott

Managing Director, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (Photo by #ABCOpen's Benj Binks)
23,070 followers |

Jonathan Holmes

Host of ABC MediaWatch (Australia). 'Everyone Loves It Until They're On it'
22,783 followers |

Michelle Grattan

Political Editor, The Age
18,746 followers |

Antony Green

ABC Election Analyst, providing analysis of all aspects of elections and electoral systems in Australia.
18,576 followers |

RN - Radio National

Welcome to RN, your world unfolding in 2012.
18,328 followers |

triplejHack

@TomTilley and the Hack team deliver the goods on what's news weekdays on triple j @ 5.30pm. RT ≠ endorsement. Mod (most of the time) - @KaitSaw
17,881 followers |

Adam Bandt

Greens MP for Melbourne
16,027 followers |

abc730

ABC's national flagship current affairs program. Monday to Friday, ABC1. This is an official @ABCaustralia account.
15,347 followers |

Lateline

A nightly news analysis program bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage of Australian and international news. This is an official @ABCaustralia account.
14,641 followers |

FasterLouder

11,861 followers |

Jonathan Green

Editor of ABC's The Drum. Presenter of RN Sunday Extra. Nemesis of pirates. Spokesamphibian for a generation.
11,536 followers |

Greg Jericho

Blogger on politics, movies, books and sport. Was a public servant, now am doing this and that.
11,321 followers |

Possum Comitatus

The snarky polling marsupial and Crikey blogger. Doesn't play well with others.Economist for Together Queensland, Qld's Public Sector Union.Views are my own
11,068 followers |

Sarah Hanson-Young

Greens Senator for South Australia
10,737 followers |

Triple R FM

Melbourne Independent Radio 102.7FM, www.rrr.org.au
10,264 followers |

newmatilda

Independent news, analysis and satire
8,878 followers |

Misha Schubert

National political editor for The Sunday Age.
8,458 followers |

Laura Tingle

Political Editor, Australian Financial Review. Member of the Canberra Choral Society's alto naughty corner
8,360 followers |

Stephen Mayne

Reformed Murdoch hack, shareholder activist, Crikey.com founder, Manningham councillor, ASA director, pro speaker, ABC regular, maynereport.com publisher.
8,247 followers |

The Wheeler Centre

The Wheeler Centre for books, writing and ideas, a talking point for Melbourne, UNESCO City of Literature.
7,998 followers |

ABC Elections

Federal, state and local election coverage by the ABC. This is an official @ABCaustralia account.
7,618 followers |

sophie black

Shameless. Apparently edits Crikey*. *that thing on the internet.
7,535 followers |

The Conversation

The Conversation is an independent channel of information, analysis and commentary – sourced from the expertise of the Australian university and research sector
7,206 followers |

Greens

Ecological sustainability | Social Justice | Grassroots democracy | Peace & non-violence Authorised: Derek Schild, Australian Greens, 8-10 Hobart Pl, Canberra
6,816 followers |

Mess+Noise

Australia's premier alternative music community website
6,673 followers |

Scott Ludlam

Authorised by Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
5,522 followers |

Andrew Bartlett

ex-Senator for Democrats, ex-candidate for Greens. advocate, writer, researcher, music lover, campaigner, depressive, radio announcer, blogger, dad.
5,179 followers |

MargaretSimons

Freelance journalist and writer. Director of the Centre for Advanced Journalism at University of Melbourne
4,676 followers |

Christine Milne

Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Senator for Tasmania Authorised by Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
4,260 followers |

ABC Unleashed

We are now tweeting at @abcthedrum. Follow us!
3,346 followers |

Overland Journal

Overland Journal – radical Australian literature and culture since 1954.
3,186 followers |

Richard Di Natale

Greens Senator for Victoria.
2,759 followers |

timdunlop

Writer with a great view of Melbourne out the window and music on in the background
2,493 followers |

Rachel Siewert

Australian Greens Whip & Senator for WA. Authroised by Senator Rachel Siewert, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
2,411 followers |

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth (FoE) Australia is a federation of grassroots community groups working for a socially equitable and environmentally sustainable future.
2,264 followers |

LarvatusProdeo

Politics, sociology, culture, life, religion and science from a left of centre perspective
2,098 followers |

Ben Oquist

Chief of Staff, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown.
1,851 followers |

Cam_Walker

campaigns co-ordinator for Friends of the Earth. Activist, dad to Tali & Mia, mountain enthusiast, climber & would be telemark skier.
1,171 followers |

Inside Story

Current affairs and culture, online and in print
801 followers |

Peter Nicholson

Cartoonist at The Aus, sculptor of busts in PM's Avenue, creator of Rubbery Figures.
255 followers |

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