The Punch Team

The Punch Team

This is the byline all six of us use (Ant, Tory M, Evil Tory, Penbo, Lucy and Dan) when we work collaboratively on live blogs, stories and campaigns.

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Punch on: Open thread 08/02/2012

Punch on: Open thread 08/02/2012

08 Feb 12 Sexy men smoke. It’s a fact. James Dean, Jon Hamm, Humphrey Bogart and Shane Warne (feel free to add to…... Read more

Friday dilemma: Should smacking be illegal?

Friday dilemma: Should smacking be illegal?

03 Feb 12 Anonymous says: Before I became a parent I thought this question was an absolute no brainer. A little smack here…... Read more

Seven simple things good bosses should do

Seven simple things good bosses should do

01 Feb 12 Who wants to work for Ken Grenda? Us. (Shhh, don’t tell Penbo.) The Victorian businessman recently sold off the transit…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 31/01/2012

Punch on: Open thread 31/01/2012

31 Jan 12 Between the Prime Minister’s shoe and Novak Djokovic’s shirt, we can easily wildly generalise that clothing theft is soaring across…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 30/01/2012

Punch on: Open thread 30/01/2012

30 Jan 12 Morning, Punchers. Ant Sharwood here. Last Friday, journalist Amanada Shalala made a fair point on the TV show The Drum.…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 27/01/2012

Punch on: Open thread 27/01/2012

27 Jan 12 Have you chucked a sickie today? We bet you’re one of many hundreds of thousands who do! While we recover…... Read more

How Australian are you? Take our test…

How Australian are you? Take our test…

26 Jan 12 Around Australia today as the snags sizzle and the beers flow cold and bitter, people will also be becoming Australian…... Read more

Wednesday afternoon fun at the expense of Albo

Wednesday afternoon fun at the expense of Albo

25 Jan 12 This is doing the rounds of Twitter, thanks to the Liberal Party YouTube channel. It’s pretty funny. The rip off…... Read more

Fire up the barbie, it’s Ostraya Day!

Fire up the barbie, it’s Ostraya Day!

25 Jan 12 Our national day has become somewhat of a chance to navel gaze. To profoundly ponder who we were, who we…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 23/01/2012

Punch on: Open thread 23/01/2012

23 Jan 12 Welcome to Monday, Punchers and a belated Happy Chinese New Year to all. Speaking of the Chinese New Year, did…... Read more

Friday dilemma: Can I wear jeans to a funeral?

Friday dilemma: Can I wear jeans to a funeral?

20 Jan 12 Today’s dilemma is unusually sombre, but here goes. What’s the right thing to wear to a funeral these days? We…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 20/01/12

Punch on: Open thread 20/01/12

20 Jan 12 Are you a morning person or an evening person? Plenty has been written about the pros and cons of different…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 19/01/12

Punch on: Open thread 19/01/12

19 Jan 12 Wikipedia (i/ˌwɪkɨˈpiːdiə/ or i/ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/ wik-i-pee-dee-ə) is a free, collaborative, multilingual Internet encyclopedia supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 18/01/2012

Punch on: Open thread 18/01/2012

18 Jan 12 It’s Wednesday. It’s Wednesday. Yay for Wednesday. Arguably the most hopeful day of the week. Two days closer to the…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 17/01/12

Punch on: Open thread 17/01/12

17 Jan 12 Facebook is replete with all things grim and morbid. Attention-seeking status updates, almost as much woe-is-me as look-at-me. Now the…... Read more

Punch on: Open Thread 16/01/2012

Punch on: Open Thread 16/01/2012

16 Jan 12 Good morning, welcome to the third week of January. We’re still scratching our heads wondering how on earth, in 2012,…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 12/01/2012

Punch on: Open thread 12/01/2012

12 Jan 12 Welcome to Thursday, Punchers! Today’s topic for discussion: “singing in public”. Or, in other words, getting your karaoke on. Like,…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 09/01/12

Punch on: Open thread 09/01/12

09 Jan 12 White supremacists from around the world are set to descend on Brisbane in April for the Hammered Music Festival. A…... Read more

Friday Dilemma: Do brides get to be dictators?

Friday Dilemma: Do brides get to be dictators?

06 Jan 12 Welcome to our regular Friday moral dilemma. This week: How much power do brides have over their bridesmaids? Is it…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 22/12/2011

Punch on: Open thread 22/12/2011

22 Dec 11 We keep hearing that retail sales are flat in the lead-up to Christmas. We also keep hearing that more and…... Read more

Wail of a time in North Korea

Wail of a time in North Korea

20 Dec 11 It’s a sad day in North Korea. In truly Orwellian scenes, North Koreans are playing the game of of “I…... Read more

A year after Christmas Island, another tragedy at sea

A year after Christmas Island, another tragedy at sea

19 Dec 11 It’s almost exactly a year since the Christmas Island tragedy, when dozens of asylum seekers died on Australia’s doorstep. In…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 19/12/2011

Punch on: Open thread 19/12/2011

19 Dec 11 Christopher Hitchens has been described as truculent, clever, brave, a radical, an ex-Trotskyist, left-wing, right-wing, iconoclast, an enemy of religion,…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 15/12/2011

Punch on: Open thread 15/12/2011

15 Dec 11 A former Sun editor has had an almighty crack at the Guardian, after the latest twist in the News of…... Read more

Biggest Moments of 2011 #10 Wall St is a campground

Biggest Moments of 2011 #10 Wall St is a campground

14 Dec 11 What happened Activists formed a movement whose broad, and loosely defined aim, was to protest against the inequality caused by…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 08/12/2011

Punch on: Open thread 08/12/2011

08 Dec 11 How funny is this Christmas pug? Will it be enough of a distraction to throw you off today’s word of…... Read more

The long road that leads away from Struggle Street

The long road that leads away from Struggle Street

06 Dec 11 News.com.au has today published the results of its exclusive Cost of Living survey, and the results are a major eye-opener.…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 05/12/11

Punch on: Open thread 05/12/11

05 Dec 11 Goodbye weekend, hello new working week. That’s just our way of saying happy Monday, Punchers! Did anyone overindulge this weekend?…... Read more

Friday dilemma: does pollie deserve a cracker?

Friday dilemma: does pollie deserve a cracker?

02 Dec 11 OK, we’ve been avoiding this topic because we have a very strong inkling the conversation will go only one way.…... Read more

Motherland in decline

29 Nov 11 This video does not make for happy viewing. It depicts a British Mum, who quite possibly is intoxicated, and her…... Read more

Friday dilemma: lick the pickle or flick the pickle?

Friday dilemma: lick the pickle or flick the pickle?

25 Nov 11 It’s been a big, long angry week with some huge issues on the agenda. This should lighten the tone somewhat.…... Read more

Friday dilemma: Hey dude, you bumped that car

Friday dilemma: Hey dude, you bumped that car

18 Nov 11 On a scale of one to ten, how much of a bad person am I? After spending at least ten…... Read more

Punch Q & A: A fraction too much fission over uranium

Punch Q & A: A fraction too much fission over uranium

16 Nov 11 The Labor Party is set to backflip on dealing uranium to countries that have not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 15/11/2011

Punch on: Open thread 15/11/2011

15 Nov 11 The Punch loves a good travel trend. Especially when it involves camping. News.com.au reported yesterday that camping in other people’s…... Read more

Friday dilemma: Should I snub the two-faced host?

Friday dilemma: Should I snub the two-faced host?

11 Nov 11 So a Puncher got invited to a big birthday bash a little while ago. The invitation was sent over Facebook.…... Read more

Punch Q&A: Should we panic over European meltdown?

Punch Q&A: Should we panic over European meltdown?

11 Nov 11 The markets are melting down again. The ASX 200 fell $33 billion, or around 3 per cent yesterday, on the…... Read more

Friday Dilemma: How to reward a Melb Cup angel?

Friday Dilemma: How to reward a Melb Cup angel?

04 Nov 11 By now, you’re sick of the Cup, we’re sick of the Cup. But here’s a doozy of a dilemma regarding…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 31/10/2011

Punch on: Open thread 31/10/2011

31 Oct 11 Welcome to Monday y’all. While most of Australia spent the weekend in a bad mood after missed flights, delayed holidays…... Read more

Why bogans like Harvey Norman and other mysteries

Why bogans like Harvey Norman and other mysteries

27 Oct 11 Boganomics: Why Bogans Like The Things They Do is another not-quite-scientific look at bogans from the same bastards who brought…... Read more

Friday dilemma: Is it ever OK to have an affair?

Friday dilemma: Is it ever OK to have an affair?

21 Oct 11 Gwyneth Paltrow thinks good people have affairs. In a recent interview at the Venice Film Festival (where she sashayed down…... Read more

Punch Q&A: Are we alone?

Punch Q&A: Are we alone?

17 Oct 11 With a total absence of intelligent life in the Capital Hill region of Canberra, we thought we’d ask a Canberra-based…... Read more

Friday’s Dilemma: Hate Qantas or the workers?

Friday’s Dilemma: Hate Qantas or the workers?

14 Oct 11 Anonymous writes: Dear Punch. Please help me properly direct my anger. I’m set to fly to Sydney in a few…... Read more

Mirabella shoots Mission Accomplished-style goal

Mirabella shoots Mission Accomplished-style goal

14 Oct 11 Sophie Mirabella has had a big week here at The Punch. Her piece having a go at the Aussie copycat…... Read more

Carbon tax reax: It’s all over bar the shouting

Carbon tax reax: It’s all over bar the shouting

13 Oct 11 And you can be sure the shouting’s not over yet. Before the carbon tax begins on July 1, 2012, we…... Read more

A quick Punch guide to the Rena oil spill

A quick Punch guide to the Rena oil spill

11 Oct 11 The toxic oil spill in the Bay of Plenty will leave tonnes of dirty, sticky fuel on New Zealand beaches.…... Read more

Friday dilemma: The customer is always right

Friday dilemma: The customer is always right

07 Oct 11 Customer service. Big chain stores like Myer and DJs don’t worry about it. And GASP clothing have tried embraced the…... Read more

Punch on: Open thread 07/10/2011

Punch on: Open thread 07/10/2011

07 Oct 11 A weekend full of sport brought us a dull-ish start to the week in news.The Andrew Bolt case left Tory…... Read more

A heartfelt goodbye to the Apple of our eye

A heartfelt goodbye to the Apple of our eye

06 Oct 11 Steve Jobs has died at the age 56. The technology mogul who founded the Apple Company with childhood friend Steve…... Read more

When too much tax is barely enough, here’s some more

When too much tax is barely enough, here’s some more

05 Oct 11 The Government is transparently attempting to bore us to death with tax talk as part of this sop to Rob…... Read more

Grand Final Weekend: Open thread

Grand Final Weekend: Open thread

01 Oct 11 If sport were food, this weekend would be the equivalent of a 17-course degustation. The menu? Two grand finals -…... Read more

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From: City vs country: What would you change your life for?

Dieter Moeckel says:

We made the tree change from Darwin to Wonbah more than 15 years ago. After fencing, a road, and couple of dams our money was gone. Super is enough to live comfortably. We have geese growing old and stringy the only one that made it to the pot committed Kamakazi by flying into a tree; the chooks are… [read more]

From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics

Erick says:

Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]

Gentle jabs to the ribs

No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops

No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops

Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more

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