What we cover
Punjab Press is a Punjabi language masthead for readers in Australia, across the wider diaspora and in Punjab itself. We cover Punjab first: its politics, water and land, farming and the rural economy, health, education and the villages people still call home. We cover Australian news that changes a Punjabi family's week, including visas and work rights, transport and licensing, tenancy and housing, schooling, workplace safety and aged care. Alongside that sit the practical business of moving money, property and paperwork between the two countries, sport from club cricket to kabaddi, and opinion that argues a case rather than delivers a sermon. Punjab Press has not started publishing; the band at the top of every page says so, and the sections here are the ones we are building. punjabpress.au redirects to this site.
How we work
We report in Punjabi and publish in Gurmukhi. Stories are commissioned, reported and edited in Punjabi rather than translated from English copy, and our subeditors are native Punjabi speakers who write headlines in the rhythm of the language, in ordinary newspaper register rather than a heavily Sanskritised or Persianised one. Every factual claim is tied to a named document, a public record or a person we have spoken with. Video, audio and screenshots forwarded through community messaging groups are treated as tips to be verified, never as sources to be republished. Reporting and opinion are kept separate on the page and in the web address. We do not sell coverage, sponsored material is labelled where it appears, and commercial or family relationships that bear on a story are disclosed inside it. Where a story touches religion, caste or community disputes, we describe conduct and evidence rather than trading in group blame.
Corrections
We correct in Punjabi and in English. An error of fact is fixed at the top of the affected story with a dated note recording what was wrong and what changed, and that note stays for the life of the page. Significant corrections are also collected on a single corrections page. Readers can request a correction through the contact page in Punjabi or English; we aim to reply within two working days and we publish the outcome even where we conclude that nothing needed changing. Requests to remove a person's name are considered on the record, not on pressure. Punjab Press is published by SUKH SANDHU PTY LTD, ACN 679 292 392, ABN 49 679 292 392.