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Peter Mitchell has been involved in television news for almost 25 years as a reporter, producer and presenter, but his talents have been as far-reaching as golf commentary, writing a weekly newspaper column – Tee for Two for the Sunday Herald Sun – and publishing a book.
Born in Frankston, Victoria, in 1960, Peter spent most of his childhood living in the bayside suburb. With an older brother and a younger brother, Peter typically played a great deal of sport, predominantly football and cricket.
Later there was something of a sea change when his parents bought a country pub at Katamatite (population of 250) near Shepparton, but Peter returned to the big smoke in 1977 to complete his HSC at the Peninsula School in Mt Eliza. Less than one month later, he was offered a two-week trial in the Channel Nine newsroom as a cadet. He passed the trial and went on to become a fully-fledged reporter.
In 1981, Peter joined the sport news department, specialising in football and golf – a sport he took up because it suited his working hours.
He went to Brisbane to cover the 1982 Commonwealth Games and was presenting sport when Australia won the America's Cup in September 1983. That year, Peter also covered Victoria's horrific Ash Wednesday bushfires.
In February 1988, Seven approached Peter to join the network as Melbourne's weekend news presenter, a position he held for almost 13 years.
Peter's interest in golf also led him to write the biography of Australian golfing legend Peter Thompson – a five-time winner of the prestigious British Open.
His biggest day in the newsroom came on August 31, 1997, when he presented an afternoon news flash breaking into Seven's AFL coverage, to reveal that Princess Diana had died.
Peter and his wife Philippa live a semi-rural lifestyle with their five children on a few acres on the Mornington Peninsula.
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