2007: the year in news

The top 10 Australian news stories of 2007 tracked by Media Monitors. The numbers are total mentions across print, radio, television and internet.

1. Drought/water supply – 487,866
2. Climate change – 359,872
3. Industrial relations laws – 332,940
4. Iraq – 330,158
5. Federal election – 299,076
6. Interest rates/housing affordability – 216,356
7. Equine influenza – 169,333
8. APEC – 161,556
9. David Hicks – 161,228
10. Dr Mohamed Haneef – 150,053