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.
Articles by The Punch Team
Punch on: Open thread 19/03/2012
Well that didn’t take long did it? Kony 2012 hit the wobbles this weekend after the star of the 30-minute…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 15/03/2012
It’s yawning, it’s not going to leap out of the screen and eat you. Happy Thursday, Punchers. What’s on your…... Read more
Friday dilemma: Responding to a well-meaning stranger
We’ve all been there. You’re going about your day and everything feels normal until, someone taps you on the shoulder…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 08/03/2012
What’s the most offensive smell in a public space? US SouthWest Airlines staff reckon it’s nail varnish. Passenger Jeanie Daniels…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 06/03/2012
It’s Tuesday. Not as bad as Monday, you’d think. Monday is just what Sunday threw up. But a new survey…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 05/03/2012
There was a bit of a hoo-haa yesterday over the announcement of seven National Living Treasures. You could well argue…... Read more
Friday dilemma: Come back to my place?
A friend of The Punch went on a first date a few days ago. The chemistry had been heating up…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 01/03/2012
SCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARY movies! Are you a fan? And if you are, does that mean you watch them all the way through.…... Read more
Question Time Live: 27/02/2012
Now the real fun starts. Julia Gillard might have trounced Kevin Rudd in the Caucus room this morning, but she…... Read more
Live blog: The Rudd/Gillard leadership showdown
Welcome to The Punch team’s live blog of the Labor leadership showdown. All times are in AEDT. Refresh your browser…... Read more
Live blog: Gillard’s press conference
Julia Gillard will give a press conference at 9.30am Eastern Time to respond to Kevin Rudd’s shock resignation as Foreign…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 22/02/2012
There’s a fascinating story going about this morning about a completely blind man who can hike and even ride a…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 21/02/2012
Tim Tams or VoVos? You tell us. Other than biscuits shaped like rectangular prisms, what else is on your mind…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 16/02/2011
So after we posted yesterday’s piece about people who’d never heard of Paul McCartney, The Punch team started musing about…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 13/02/2012
We often imagine that New Yorkers stereotype us Aussies as backwards, quaint, knife-wielding, tanned, crocodile-hunting, outdoorsy, friendly, drop-bear avoiding troglodytes.…... Read more
Whitney Houston: another fallen superstar
Whitney Houston has died, aged 48. Poor Whitney, who was a shining star in the 80s and 90s, but ended…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 08/02/2012
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?
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
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
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
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
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…
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
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!
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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