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Peter FitzSimons

Former Wallaby, Acclaimed Author, Journalist and Columnist

Peter FitzSimons is a former Wallaby, a best selling author of approximately 20 books and an MC/ speaker in enormous demand. One of Australia's very best raconteurs, he captivates audiences within minutes then keeps them hooked and laughing right through to the end.

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Author, Journalist, former Wallaby and a popular columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Peter FitzSimons speaks four languages, co-hosts radio shows, interviews famous people around the globe, from George Bush to Diego Maradona, was Chairman of the Australian Republican Movement and is also a prolific writer and regarded as one of Australia’s best-selling non-fiction writers.

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 nonfiction author, and he duplicated that feat in 2004 with his book on Kokoda.

Born on a farm in Peat’s Ridge, Peter went to Knox Grammar School, before accepting an American Field Service Scholarship to go to Ohio for a year. He returned to complete an Arts degree at Sydney University majoring in government and political science. In 1984 he broke into the Wallabies under the coaching of Alan Jones, then lived in France and Italy playing rugby for the next five years whilst learning both languages as well as Spanish. Upon his return to Australia, he again played for the Wallabies, under Bob Dwyer, going on to play seven Tests.

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

Peter boasts an impressive list of interview credits including ex-president George Bush, 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 to Julia Gillard.

He has the distinction of being the only Wallaby sent from the field in a match against the All Blacks – unjustly, he swears. He was co-host of the Today Show 15 years before his wife, Lisa Wilkinson – even if it did last for only a day.

He has fought a Sumo wrestler at the Opera House, danced on ice with Torville and Dean, told Alan Jones to his face that he is dead freaking wrong and opened a door for the redoubtable Germaine Greer . . . and lived to tell the tale!

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  • MC
  • Host for your award night or conference
  • After dinner raconteur
  • Keynote speaker on leadership and teamwork
  • Entertainer
  • Facilitator
  • Compere
  • Co-host with his wife Lisa Wilkinson
Peter was fantastic, from the moment he arrived he made an effort to meet as many of our guests as possible and was very warm and friendly. His presentation itself was entertaining, informative, witty and although he spoke for close to an hour our guests didn't want him to stop, I couldn't think of anyone more appropriate for our venue and theme for the evening. QBE Insurance
An exceptionally gifted and entertaining personality with first hand down to earth experience supporting his wonderful stories! Dairy Farmers
Peter delivers a highly professional performance. His formula works within minutes. He captivates the crowd who already love him and keeps them together to laugh and enjoy life. Compuware Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd
He was very entertaining with his stories. He knows how to keep an audience captive. Ferrier Hodgson
Peter was well received by the audience. When he arrived at the venue, he was very open and engaged with everyone at our event. He spoke very well and was welcoming to everyone whom we spoke with. His presentation was broken into 2 separate sessions and was very entertaining. He captivated the audience from his first word to his very last. He spoke across a number of subject matters including politics, sports, business and was always very comical and entertaining. Sektor Distributors
We had a full house at the opening session and Peter kept everyone entertained from beginning to end. We could have gone another hour listening to his stories without anyone losing interest! Australian Federation of International Forwarders (AFIF)
Peter was very well received and held the audience engaged for the duration of his speech. Peter was very generous with his time and stayed fort he duration of the evening to sign books which we had pre-arranged to give to our clients. Peter was very engaged with all those he interacted with and in fact remained chatting with attendees until the venue closed at about 11.00pm. Peter was an ideal speaker for our 20th anniversary having also spoken at our 10th Anniversary – we would like to book him now for our 25th! Waterway Constructions
Guests were very entertained by Peter, he was relevant and his stories covered a wide variety of life experiences. AusIMM - VIC (The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy
Peter was very well received, the audience found him humorous and his delivery light yet overwhelmingly enthusiastic. Impressed with his ability to engage all audience members in one way or another no matter how diverse. Grain NSW
Peter was a very entertaining speaker, and was received warmly and enthusiastically. His jovial speech evoked much laughter and interest, and we received nothing but positive feedback from the audience. AusIMM - VIC (The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy)
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