http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tina-tek/ Tina Tek is a twenty-three year old student currently studying a Media and Law degree at Macquarie University. She has a penchant for all forms of media and loves to dabble in her writing skills during her spare time: a great candidate for an intern. Until recently, Tina’s writing skills were mainly limited to writing essays and exams and it was only when The Punch team came along that the public could start to see her posts - though she does maintain a blog at Five Foot Nothing. Tina adores The Beatles and green apple liquorice. In her spare time, you’ll see her small, beady eyes glinting through a fashion store. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/service-from-a-pack-of-bankers/ According to numerous make-believe statisticians, there’s a 99.9% chance that you think banks are bastards. This obviously means whenever you see a bank advertisement, you’ll roll your eyes thinking, do they actually do half of the things they promise to do? Here at The Punch, we’ve done the hard work. We visited five of Australia’s major banks in a “taste test” of their front-line customer service, to see whether it fit with the claims of their multi-million dollar marketing campaigns. Is it scientific? Not at all. Fair? Nope. And it doesn’t review or take into account specific product details - so you can’t tell from this bank which suits your needs best. (David Koch addresses some of those questions in his first column on The Punch today here.) But it does paint a picture of actual service received. And the winner is ... feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tina Tek) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/service-from-a-pack-of-bankers/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/service-from-a-pack-of-bankers/#item2503 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:00:35 +0000 Tina Tek | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/young-australias-choice-royal-soap-opera-or-republic/ The last time I thought about an Australian republic was in 1999. I was 12 years old and too busy thinking about how hot Prince William was to really care about the republican movement. Eleven years later, Prince William arrives in Australia. The only time I come into contact with the Royal Family is seeing Willy’s grandma on the $5 note and her head on all the Aussie coins. While I’m interested in the republic v monarchy debate, the dramas of the Royal Family appeals to me even more. There was a time where the Royal Family were treated with near-universal respect. Now? The walls behind Buckingham Palace are producing scandals the writers of The Bold and the Beautiful wish they could come up with. The Queen must feel a twinge of nostalgia on the days where the family’s dirty laundry wasn’t aired to the press. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tina Tek) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/young-australias-choice-royal-soap-opera-or-republic/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/young-australias-choice-royal-soap-opera-or-republic/#item2208 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:30:04 +0000 Tina Tek | Author bios | The Punch