The Punch is an Australian opinion and news website owned and run by News Limited

News Limited

News Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The publicly listed company's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, Pay TV, National Rugby League, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television production trading assets.News Limited...

, the Australian holding of Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian-American business magnate. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of , the world's second-largest media conglomerate....

's News Corporation

News Corporation

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The website describes itself as being "for every Australian with a passion for debate" and "Australia's best conversation".

David Penberthy

David Penberthy

David Penberthy is the editor-in-chief of News Limited opinion website, The Punch. He was editor of The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, Australia, from April 2005 until November 2008.-Career:Penberthy studied at the University of Adelaide in the late 1980s...

 is the website's Editor-in-Chief. Writers include Tory Shepherd, Tory Maguire, Lucy Kippist, Anthony Sharwood, Daniel Piotrowski and Joe Hildebrand

Joe Hildebrand

Joe Hildebrand is a journalist based on Sydney, Australia. Born in Melbourne, he moved to Sydney in 2000. Hildebrand works for The Daily Telegraph newspaper, as well as contributing to News Limited's opinion site The Punch...

 of the Daily Telegraph. Some Punch articles are syndicated and republished nationwide in other News Limited tabloids such as the The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

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 and MX

MX (newspaper)

mX is an Australian free afternoon daily newspaper in the cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, owned and produced by News Limited. Targeted at commuters, its main channels of distribution are inner-city railway stations, tram and bus stops, and major CBD intersections.-Beginnings:The first mX...

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