David Dale (27 March 1948 – 6 August 2025) was an Australian Walkley Award-winning author, journalist and travel writer, television commentator, lecturer, international correspondent, political reporter and radio broadcaster. == Early life and education == Dale was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of psychologist Keith Dale and his wife university secretary Leigh Dale and grew up in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. He attended Coogee Primary School and then Randwick Boys High School. He…