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Don Punch | |
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| Minister for Disability Services | |
| Assumed office 18 March 2021 | |
| Premier | Mark McGowan |
| Preceded by | Stephen Dawson |
| Minister for Fisheries | |
| Assumed office 18 March 2021 | |
| Premier | Mark McGowan |
| Preceded by | Peter Tinley |
| Minister for Innovation and ICT | |
| Assumed office 18 March 2021 | |
| Premier | Mark McGowan |
| Preceded by | Dave Kelly |
| Minister for Seniors and Ageing | |
| Assumed office 18 March 2021 | |
| Premier | Mark McGowan |
| Preceded by | Mick Murray |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Bunbury | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | John Castrilli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1956 Pwllheli,Wales |
| Political party | Labor |
| Website | www |
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.
Punch was re-elected in the 2025 Western Australian state election. [2]