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Peter FitzSimons AM Travels from Sydney, NSW

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Peter FitzSimons AM

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  • After Dinner
  • Media
  • Moderating Debates
  • Motivational
  • Panelist
  • Rugby Union
  • Sport


Peter FitzSimons is a well-respected columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald, speaks four languages, has played rugby for Australia, co-hosted radio shows with Mike Carlton and Doug Mulray, interviewed famous people around the globe from George Bush to Diego Maradona, is the Chair of the Australian Republican Movement and has written over 27 bestselling books.

He is the biographer not only of World Cup winning Wallaby captains, Nick Farr-Jones and John Eales, but also former Opposition Leader Kim Beazley, boxer Les Darcy, aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, war heroine Nancy Wake and Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson. In 2001 he was Australia’s biggest selling non-fiction author, and duplicated that feat in 2004, with his book on Kokoda. He has been Australia’s best-selling non-fiction author in the last decade and in November 2013 released his bestseller on Ned Kelly.

Peter is an entertaining after dinner and conference speaker who draws on his colourful experiences to provide great entertainment. He recounts how the Wallabies lifted themselves from average performers in the early 80's to be the undisputed best in the world by the early 90's.

In 1989 he joined The Sydney Morning Herald full-time, and has been one of their most popular columnists since. Andrew Denton has called him “Australia’s finest sports journalist.”

Peter boasts an impressive list of interview credits including Sir Edmund Hillary, Jodie Foster, Nicki Lauda, Joe Montana and Carl Lewis as well as all the major Australian sporting figures from Shane Gould to Lionel Rose to Herb Elliot. He has interviewed every Australian Prime Minister from Gough Whitlam through to Julia Gillard.

In 2011 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to literature as a biographer, sports journalist and commentator, and to the community through contributions to conservation, disability care, social welfare and sporting organisations".

The most popular after-dinner speaker in Australia, he is married to Lisa Wilkinson.

Testimonials

Peter was fantastic. Many people said he was the highlight of the night. I would recommend him to others.

Australian Industry Group

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