Peter Mitchell (news)

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Peter Mitchell (born 14 June 1960), also known as "Mitch", is the presenter of the Melbourne bulletin of Seven News. Peter grew up on the Mornington Peninsula, attending Peninsula Grammer now known as The Peninsula School, in Mt. Eliza. Peter began at the Nine Network in 1977 as a sport reporter. In this position he covered sports such as Australian rules football, golf, tennis and the Commonwealth Games. In 1982 Mitchell became a general news reporter and in this position he covered many major stories including Victoria's horrific Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983. In 1988 Mitchell diverted to Seven Network to become weekend news anchor, he held this position for 13 years until late 2000 when he replaced David Johnston and Anne Fulwood as weeknight anchor. Peter is most well known from 1997 when he was the first news anchor in Australia to break the news that Princess Diana had been killed, during an AFL match. Peter is married to wife Philippa, and they have five children Amelia (23), Benjamin (21), Lucy (10), Maisie (6) and Harry (3).