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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Innovative columnist David Dale was once famously sacked by Kerry Packer
Journalist David Dale, whose innovative daily column Stay In Touch helped lift the Herald into a golden age of rising circulation and influence, has died. He was 77. His column pricked the pomposity of politicians in Macquarie Street or Canberra, ran snippets of bizarre reports from around the world that usually ended up ignored in the wastebaskets of teleprinter rooms, and mixed fact, fiction, satire, gossip and humour with Dale's distaste for sycophancy that bustled the then broadsheet Herald into the 1980s. The column was a springboard that took Dale to New York as the Herald 's correspondent and then the editorship of Kerry Packer's Bulletin magazine. He also worked as a broadcaster for ABC radio and 2GB Sydney and, when redundancy decimated the newspaper industry, he became a journalism lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of NSW. Dale did not relish working for Packer and often told the story of only accepting the offer from his right-hand man, Australian Consolidated Press director and publisher, Richard Walsh, while sitting in the smallest room in his New York hotel. The loathing was mutual. Unimpressed that his new editor had driven up the circulation of the magazine, the mogul sacked Dale for defying his directive not to publish a second version of his Bulletin cover story 'Australia's 100 most appalling people', not least because many were Packer's friends. For Dale, the best thing about his time at the Bulletin was that he recruited News Limited journalist Susan Williams. They married in Paris in 1991. Their daughter Millie was born in 1993. The son of psychologist Keith Dale and university secretary Leigh, David was born in 1948 and grew up in the eastern suburbs, attending Coogee Primary School and Randwick Boys High School before taking honours in psychology at the University of Sydney. On graduation, he travelled extensively in Europe but returned to Australia to take up a Herald cadetship. He did a stint as a political reporter on The Australian but returned to Fairfax where he worked on the National Times and The Sun-Herald before rejoining his old masthead in 1981 to write Stay in Touch for the next four years.
North Wales Chronicle
4 days ago
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Marlie Packer cleared for opening match of England's World Cup campaign
The 35-year-old was sent off in the second half of the Red Roses' 97-7 warm-up victory in Leicester following a clumsy clearout on the left leg of Spain full-back Claudia Pena. Packer's suspension rules her out of her country's final warm-up match, away to France on Saturday. Hosts England begin the World Cup on Friday, August 22 against the United States in Sunderland. An update from World Rugby following Marlie Packer's red card against Spain 👇 — Red Roses (@RedRosesRugby) August 3, 2025 In determining the sanction, World Rugby's foul play review committee noted Packer accepted foul play occurred but she did not agree the offence warranted a red card. Her challenge, which did not result in injury to Harlequins player Pena, was deemed to be 'reckless'. The committee decided the offence warranted a two-match ban but opted to award full 50 per cent mitigation. England's 15-try success at Welford Road was Packer's first match as captain since being replaced in the full-time role by Zoe Aldcroft in January. The Saracens forward, who has 111 Test caps, led the Red Roses to back-to-back Six Nations Grand Slams in 2023 and 2024 and is one of head coach John Mitchell's vice-captains.
Leader Live
5 days ago
- Sport
- Leader Live
Marlie Packer cleared for opening match of England's World Cup campaign
The 35-year-old was sent off in the second half of the Red Roses' 97-7 warm-up victory in Leicester following a clumsy clearout on the left leg of Spain full-back Claudia Pena. Packer's suspension rules her out of her country's final warm-up match, away to France on Saturday. Hosts England begin the World Cup on Friday, August 22 against the United States in Sunderland. An update from World Rugby following Marlie Packer's red card against Spain 👇 — Red Roses (@RedRosesRugby) August 3, 2025 In determining the sanction, World Rugby's foul play review committee noted Packer accepted foul play occurred but she did not agree the offence warranted a red card. Her challenge, which did not result in injury to Harlequins player Pena, was deemed to be 'reckless'. The committee decided the offence warranted a two-match ban but opted to award full 50 per cent mitigation. England's 15-try success at Welford Road was Packer's first match as captain since being replaced in the full-time role by Zoe Aldcroft in January. The Saracens forward, who has 111 Test caps, led the Red Roses to back-to-back Six Nations Grand Slams in 2023 and 2024 and is one of head coach John Mitchell's vice-captains.
Glasgow Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Marlie Packer cleared for opening match of England's World Cup campaign
The 35-year-old was sent off in the second half of the Red Roses' 97-7 warm-up victory in Leicester following a clumsy clearout on the left leg of Spain full-back Claudia Pena. Packer's suspension rules her out of her country's final warm-up match, away to France on Saturday. Hosts England begin the World Cup on Friday, August 22 against the United States in Sunderland. An update from World Rugby following Marlie Packer's red card against Spain 👇 — Red Roses (@RedRosesRugby) August 3, 2025 In determining the sanction, World Rugby's foul play review committee noted Packer accepted foul play occurred but she did not agree the offence warranted a red card. Her challenge, which did not result in injury to Harlequins player Pena, was deemed to be 'reckless'. The committee decided the offence warranted a two-match ban but opted to award full 50 per cent mitigation. England's 15-try success at Welford Road was Packer's first match as captain since being replaced in the full-time role by Zoe Aldcroft in January. The Saracens forward, who has 111 Test caps, led the Red Roses to back-to-back Six Nations Grand Slams in 2023 and 2024 and is one of head coach John Mitchell's vice-captains.
South Wales Guardian
5 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Marlie Packer cleared for opening match of England's World Cup campaign
The 35-year-old was sent off in the second half of the Red Roses' 97-7 warm-up victory in Leicester following a clumsy clearout on the left leg of Spain full-back Claudia Pena. Packer's suspension rules her out of her country's final warm-up match, away to France on Saturday. Hosts England begin the World Cup on Friday, August 22 against the United States in Sunderland. An update from World Rugby following Marlie Packer's red card against Spain 👇 — Red Roses (@RedRosesRugby) August 3, 2025 In determining the sanction, World Rugby's foul play review committee noted Packer accepted foul play occurred but she did not agree the offence warranted a red card. Her challenge, which did not result in injury to Harlequins player Pena, was deemed to be 'reckless'. The committee decided the offence warranted a two-match ban but opted to award full 50 per cent mitigation. England's 15-try success at Welford Road was Packer's first match as captain since being replaced in the full-time role by Zoe Aldcroft in January. The Saracens forward, who has 111 Test caps, led the Red Roses to back-to-back Six Nations Grand Slams in 2023 and 2024 and is one of head coach John Mitchell's vice-captains.
