Andrew Bolt Biography
Andrew Bolt is a right-wing social and political pundit from Australia. He spent many years working for the News Corporation-owned publication The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT). He is a divisive public personality who has been accused of an unpleasant demeanor, racist attitudes, and inappropriate remarks on a variety of political and social matters.
How old is Andrew Bolt? – Age
He is 63 years old as of 26 September 2022. He was born in 1959 in Adelaide, Australia.
Who is Andrew Bolt’s brother? – Who is Andrew Bolts father?
– Education
Bolt is a first-generation Australian, having been born in Adelaide to newly arrived Dutch immigrants. While his father worked as a school teacher and principal, he spent his boyhood in isolated rural regions such as Tarcoola, South Australia. Bolt left Murray Bridge High School after finishing high school to travel and work abroad before returning to Australia and pursuing an arts degree at the University of Adelaide. After dropping out of university, he accepted a cadetship with The Age, a broadsheet daily in Melbourne.
Is Andrew Bolt married? – Wife
Bolt is married to Sally Morrell, another Herald Sun columnist. They have three children and have been married since 1989. Bolt is an atheist.
Andrew Bolt Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Andrew Bolt Blog
Bolt launched a web-only forum in May 2005 where readers may leave comments, criticism, and questions in response to his columns. Some of his comments were published on the Herald Sun website. In July 2006, the forum switched to a more traditional blog format.
Andrew Bolt Climate Change
Bolt called the News Corp campaign to publicize the risks of climate change ‘rubbish’ in 2021. Kelly O’Shanassy, CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation, stated that Bolt has “no credibility” on climate change.
Andrew Bolt Telegraph
News Corp Australia publishes Bolt’s column and stories in the Herald Sun, and his column is also published in The Daily Telegraph, The Advertiser in Adelaide, Northern Territory News, and The Courier-Mail.
Andrew Bolt Sky News
Bolt left Insiders in May 2011 to have his own week-by-week program, The Bolt Report, on Organization Ten. The Bolt Report finished on Ten of every 2015 and, in 2016, Bolt turned into a supporter of Sky News Live. The Bolt Report thusly continued on Sky News Live in May 2016 as a daily organization. Following George Pell’s acquittal by the High Court, Bolt conducted an interview with him on Sky News Australia on April 14, 2020.
Bolt asked Pell during the interview if he was ashamed of the Catholic church’s response to the ongoing sex abuse crisis. Pell responded that he did, describing the crisis as a “cancer” and stating that the church’s actions had continued to haunt him. Pell claimed that he did not commit the alleged sex abuse in Melbourne and was unsure of the reason the accuser testified against him. He recommended the informer might have been ‘utilized’.
Andrew Bolt Column
In 2005, Bolt published Still Not Sorry: The Best of Andrew Bolt, a collection of his newspaper writings. After the jury verdict, Bolt exited from the Supreme Court of Victoria, claiming that his column was correct and that the mixed verdict was a triumph for free speech. His statement outside the court was harshly criticized by Supreme Court Justice Bernard Bongiorno, who later overturned the jury’s decision, ruling that Bolt had not acted reasonably because he did not seek a response from Popovic before writing the article and, according to evidence presented during the trial, did not care whether or not the article was defamatory. Popovic was granted $210,000 in aggravated compensatory damages, $25,000 in punitive damages, and $11,500 in interest by Justice Bongiorno.