Fred Pawle

Fred Pawle

Fred Pawle is the only journalist in history to go straight from a job interviewing Home Girls at The Picture men’s magazine to a sub-editing gig at the Financial Review.

It is emblematic of his absurdly diverse career, covering fashion, business and sport magazines, newspapers and websites across the nation. In 2007 he was nominated for a Waklley for a story he wrote for STAB surfing magazine about Matt Branson, the first pro surfer to come out as gay.

Fred now edits Executive Lifestyle on theaustralian.com.au

Articles by Fred Pawle

Obama is no King, just a Fudd of a President

09 Jul 09 Imagine for a second that you had mastered the impersonation of some forgotten 1960s cartoon character - let’s say, for…... Read more

ABC drops the F-bomb

25 Jun 09 Until last week, I thought the silliest casualty of modern warfare was the word “bomb”, which in many news reports…... Read more

Boofhead league players shouldn’t surf on my wave

11 Jun 09 When Ben Hannant appeared at his door this week to reveal he had played Origin while suffering from swine flu,…... Read more

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Malcolm Farr

@nigelmcbain I don't see the nexus between gay marriage and gay sex education in schools. ACL does. Health issues should be taught whatever

Daniel Piotrowski

@jennijenni a few companies are known to do that - ask for story ideas from job applicants so they can steal them later

Malcolm Farr

: Bruce Springsteen: "I get roughed up crowdsurfing… people try to pull chunks out of me" http://t.co/jiHqt8agt9” it was him, @patricklion

Daniel Piotrowski

Ray Hadley fires back at Carlton. Great @candacesutton1 get: http://t.co/7fQzk4Xixh

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Will Pope Francis have the vision to tackle this?

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Advocating risk management is not “victim blaming”

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choice ringside rantings

From: Hasbro, go straight to gaol, do not pass go

Tim says:

They should update other things in the game too. Instead of a get out of jail free card, they should have a Dodgy Lawyer card that not only gets you out of jail straight away but also gives you a fat payout in compensation for daring to arrest you in the first place. Instead of getting a hotel when you… [read more]

From: A guide to summer festivals especially if you wouldn’t go

Kel says:

If you want a festival for older people or for families alike, get amongst the respectable punters at Bluesfest. A truly amazing festival experience to be had of ALL AGES. And all the young "festivalgoers" usually write themselves off on the first night, only to never hear from them again the rest of… [read more]

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Superman needs saving

Superman needs saving

Can somebody please save Superman? He seems to be going through a bit of a crisis. Eighteen months ago,… Read more

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