Editing Andrew Bolt (section)

==Background==
Bolt was born in [[Adelaide]], his parents being newly-arrived [[Dutch people|Dutch]] immigrants. He spent his childhood in remote rural areas, including [[Tarcoola, South Australia]], while his father worked as a school teacher and principal. After completing secondary school at Murray Bridge High School,<ref name="Strathearn-2015"/> Bolt travelled and worked overseas before returning to Australia and beginning an arts degree at the [[University of Adelaide]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Van|first1=John|title=I don't have many friends and that means I don't have to fear insulting people.|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=6DAC75FD3E50586F46C096E9DA21CA00?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=25064&clsPage=1&docID=SMH1111194M57H5FDGMN|access-date=6 September 2015|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=19 November 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026035914/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=6DAC75FD3E50586F46C096E9DA21CA00?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=25064&clsPage=1&docID=SMH1111194M57H5FDGMN|archive-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> Dropping out of university he took up a cadetship with ''[[The Age]]'', a Melbourne [[broadsheet newspaper]]. His roles at ''The Age'' included sports writer, prior to joining ''[[The Herald (Melbourne)|The Herald]]''. His time as a reporter included a period as the newspaper's Asia correspondent, based first in [[Hong Kong]] and later in [[Bangkok]].<ref name="Barry"/> He worked for the [[Hawke government]] on two election campaigns.<ref name="Barry"/>