http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tory-maguire/ Tory Maguire joined The Daily Telegraph in Sydney in 2000 as a Copy Girl – one of the last in the news room to answer to the name “Copy” and spend most of the day running to the shops to buy cigarettes for senior staff. After completing a cadetship in late 2001 Tory was sent to Canberra where she covered federal politics and general news for the Telegraph, including the Canberra bush fires, the 2004 Federal Election, and the devastation in Thailand after the Asian Tsunami. Her last months in Canberra were spent chronicling the dying days of the Mark Latham era. After three and a half years in the Press Gallery, Tory returned to Sydney to join the Telegraph’s editorial team. She transferred from Canberra to Sydney via Gallipoli, Turkey, where as a certifiable history nut she had the great pleasure of covering the 90th anniversary of Anzac Day. Back in Sydney on the Telegraph’s “back bench” Tory had particular responsibility for the paper’s political coverage. Her roles included Night Editor, Assistant Editor, and Assistant Editor (Political Affairs). For most of those four years Tory also had a weekly column on the opinion pages of the paper, with a broad brief that spanned political policy to pop culture. In April 2009 she was appointed Deputy Editor of The Punch. 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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dads-need-to-shut-their-children-up-too/ A Sydney shopping centre has “banned” screaming children from its food court, which makes me want to go to its food court. The people who run DeeWhy Grand have had enough of kids running amok, ruining everyone’s lunch, and judging by the response to the story they’re not the only ones. Everyone knows sometimes there’s not much you can do when a toddler drops their bundle and their bottom lip. But most parents make an effort to keep their kids under control in public. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dads-need-to-shut-their-children-up-too/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dads-need-to-shut-their-children-up-too/#item10645 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:43:52 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/which-comes-first-the-woman-or-the-princess/ Booker Prize winner and author of the incredible Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel has unleashed on the Duchess of Cambridge in spectacular style. Mantel called the former Kate Middleton a “shop window mannequin”, a “machine-made” princess “designed by committee” and said she was “without quirks, without oddities, without the risk of the emergence of character.” It’s part attack on the Duchess, part attack on the Royal Machine. But the unflattering comparision with her late mother-in-law Diana could be interpreted as nothing less than personal. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/which-comes-first-the-woman-or-the-princess/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/which-comes-first-the-woman-or-the-princess/#item10636 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:10:13 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Just-let-me-enjoy-my-TV/ Sometimes I just want to watch a TV show. That’s it - just watch it and enjoy it. Shallow aren’t I. Sure, during Downton thoughts about class and sexism sometimes bubble to the surface. When I catch MKR I’m aware I’m being sold a formula. And of course as a dominant cultural medium TV is going to come in for a bit of cultural analysis every now and again. But there’s a difference between that and ruining good TV with a constant stream of scene-by-scene examination of the motives and significance of every, single, utterance. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Just-let-me-enjoy-my-TV/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Just-let-me-enjoy-my-TV/#item10625 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:32:55 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/so-were-feeling-a-bit-nostalgic/ According to a new Galaxy Poll, John Howard, the man who lost the 2007 election so badly his own seat abandoned him, is overwhelmingly our most popular PM of the past 25 years. It may have something to do with the fact gun control has been in the news a lot lately and John Howard’s reforms in that area still enjoy incredibly broad support in this country. Perhaps it’s that Workchoices, the policy that killed him off, has been largely undone and we’ve all forgotten about it. It could be we dumped him before the GFC hit. Or maybe it’s just a reflection of the unpopularity of the current Government. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/so-were-feeling-a-bit-nostalgic/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/so-were-feeling-a-bit-nostalgic/#item10472 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:20:03 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-the-method-of-novas-elevation-says-about-the-alp/ Julia Gillard today announced celebrated athlete Nova Peris would be the ALP’s first indigenous representative in Federal Parliament. Peris, who is not a member of the Labor Party, will be parachuted into the number one spot on the ALP Senate ticket in the Northern Territory, much to the disgust of the woman who currently holds that position, Trish Crossin. The PM was unapologetic about dumping Crossin, who has been in the Senate for 15 years, describing Peris as a “captain’s pick”. Gillard simultaneously declared her support for party processes, while exclaiming she was “troubled” the ALP had so far failed to send and Indigenous Australian to Parliament. After all, 42 years have passed since the Coalition selected Neville Bonner as the first Indigenous Federal Representative. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-the-method-of-novas-elevation-says-about-the-alp/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-the-method-of-novas-elevation-says-about-the-alp/#item10450 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:50:23 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/should-we-scrap-the-family-veto-on-organ-donation/ The expensive information campaigns and the concerted efforts of advocates have not worked as well as hoped. In the past five years the Federal Government has spent $200 million trying to lift Australia’s organ donation rate. The focus has been on encouraging people who have nominated to be donors to discuss it with their families, so when the unthinkable happens relatives are comfortable fulfilling their loved-ones’ wish to give up their organs. But in 2012, just 17 more Australians donated their organs than the year before. Just 17 more people. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/should-we-scrap-the-family-veto-on-organ-donation/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/should-we-scrap-the-family-veto-on-organ-donation/#item10444 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:40:24 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-election-the-economy-is-not-just-a-numbers-game/ It’s an accepted truism that the 2013 Federal Election will be about “the economy, stupid”. It explains why Wayne Swan looked like he was about to pass out when a couple of days before Christmas he announced there would be no surplus, and why pundits predicting the timing and outcome centre their analysis around the May Federal Budget. It’s a numbers game. Interest rates, the deficit, unemployment, the Australian Dollar, GDP, petrol prices, the cost of a basket of groceries, the dole, middle-class election bribes. They’re all crunched together to produce a perception of how the Government is travelling on the economy. But all these numbers are going to mean very little to the growing number of Australians who, on paper, fall on to the good side of the ledger, but who in reality lose sleep every night with worry about what’s going to happen next week - our increasingly insecure workforce. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-election-the-economy-is-not-just-a-numbers-game/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-election-the-economy-is-not-just-a-numbers-game/#item10424 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:00:21 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-never-too-soon-to-start-talking-about-policies/ Too soon! It’s the new catch cry to shut down debate when related events are not going your way. We’ve heard it a lot this week any time the words “bushfires” and “climate change” have been mentioned in the same sentence. If a politician, such as Julia Gillard on Monday in Tasmania for example, utters the proscribed phrase she’s accused of “politicising” a disaster. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-never-too-soon-to-start-talking-about-policies/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-never-too-soon-to-start-talking-about-policies/#item10367 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:00:37 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbotts-women-problem-is-with-what-they-think-of-him/ A woman most Australians had never heard of put herself out there this weekend in the most startling way. Tony Abbott’s chief of staff Peta Credlin, who until now has been described as “intensely private”, detailed her experience with IVF as a way of highlighting the humanity of her boss - the Leader of the Opposition. It’s a pretty rare thing for someone to speak out about a medical process which is, ironically, becoming increasingly common. With the exception of a small handful of “personalities”, most IVF patients go through it in private. So as political interventions go, Credlin’s decision to go public is filled with meaning. Political watchers spent yesterday reading the tea leaves and concluding that Julia Gillard’s YouTube sensation misogyny speech had made a dent and Liberal polling must be showing that the extra efforts of Abbott’s wife Margie to defend his record on women’s issues were not having as much impact as hoped. Amid the tea leaves, however, was a telling piece of information straight from the source, Credlin herself. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbotts-women-problem-is-with-what-they-think-of-him/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbotts-women-problem-is-with-what-they-think-of-him/#item10337 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:59:59 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/weekend-punch-its-getting-hot-out-here/ Did you swelter? Did you sleep? Has it cooled down yet? Most of the country nearly melted yesterday, but today is supposed to bring some relief. It’s the weekend. What’s on your mind? tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/weekend-punch-its-getting-hot-out-here/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/weekend-punch-its-getting-hot-out-here/#item10330 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:59:59 +0000 Tory Maguire | Author bios | The Punch