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Don Punch
MLA
Minister for Disability Services
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2021
Premier
Mark McGowan
Preceded by
Stephen Dawson
Minister for Fisheries
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2021
Premier
Mark McGowan
Preceded by
Peter Tinley
Minister for Innovation and ICT
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2021
Premier
Mark McGowan
Preceded by
Dave Kelly
Minister for Seniors and Ageing
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2021
Premier
Mark McGowan
Preceded by
Mick Murray
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Bunbury
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2017
Preceded by
John Castrilli
Personal details
Born
(1956-08-31) 31 August 1956 (age 67) Pwllheli, Wales
Political party
Labor
Website
www.donpunch.com.au
Donald Thomas Punch (born 31 August 1956) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election, representing Bunbury.
Punch studied psychology and social work at the University of Western Australia later completing an MBA at Edith Cowan University.
He also holds a Master Class 5 and is a Private Pilot. He has worked throughout regional Western Australia as a social worker and later as a Senior Executive in the public sector. He became CEO of the South West Development Commission in 1998, serving until he resigned in 2016 upon his preselection as the Labor candidate for Bunbury.[1] In his role as the CEO, Punch was responsible for many aspects of The South West's development including projects such as the renewal of the town centre of Manjimup with an emphasis on food based tourism, redevelopment of Busselton airport and renewal of the water front in Bunbury.
Punch was appointed to the WA Methamphetamine Task Force in 2017.
^Green, Antony (2017). "Bunbury". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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