The Punch was an Australian opinion and news website founded in 2009. It was owned and run by

News Limited News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,0 ...

, the Australian holding of

News Corporation News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp.), also variously known as News Corporation Limited, was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New ...

. The website described itself as being "for every Australian with a passion for debate" and "Australia's best conversation". Tory Maguire was the website's Editor. Its writers include Tory Shepherd, Anthony Sharwood, Lucy Kippist, and Daniel Piotrowski, as well as the sites Editor-in-Chief,

David Penberthy David Penberthy (born 1969, Adelaide, South Australia) is the former editor-in-chief of News Limited news site news.com.au and the former opinion website, ''The Punch''. He was editor of ''The Daily Telegraph'' in Sydney, Australia, from April 200 ...

. Some ''Punch'' articles were syndicated and republished nationwide in other News Limited tabloids such as ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was f ...

''. The site was shut down on March 15, 2013, with future content and Punch staff merged into the News Limited Network and news.com.au newsrooms.

References

Australian political websites News Corp Australia 2009 establishments in Australia 2013 disestablishments in Australia Internet properties established in 2009 Internet properties disestablished in 2013 Defunct Australian websites {{news-website-stub