8:30 am - 12 pm weekdays. Neil is one of Australia's most experienced journalists with success in newspapers, radio and television. He was one of the youngest editors of a daily metropolitan newspaper, The Herald.
Neil was also a reporter, columnist and news executive at The Age for 16 years, including four years as sports editor. He has also worked for Time Magazine and presented documentaries and his own talkback TV program on both the Nine and Ten networks.
He began at 3AW on weekends and Drive in 1987. In 1990 he moved to the morning program where he has dominated the ratings ever since. A little bit about Neil Mitchell What was your first job? As a schoolboy, I delivered morning newspapers, which proved two things: I love newspapers and hate getting up early.
Now, 40 years later, I find I have spent my life around newspapers and have been required to get out of bed at a ridiculous hour since 1984. What is your favourite on-air moment thus far? A three-year-old boy called Tyler Fishlock was about to lose both eyes to cancer and we were trying to fulfil his last-minute dreams. His mum was talking to me, crying softly.
In the background, I heard the child say "Don't cry mummy, it will all be OK" What is your most embarrassing on-air moment? The most embarrassing and instructive moment was at the very beginning when I was ranting on about some editorial point, thumping the desk and asking for calls… when a caller rang and said "…Neil.
Get your hand off it…" They were right, and I learnt from it. If you could interview anyone (living or dead) who would it be? Richard Nixon. The man was incorrigible and unashamed.
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Neil Mitchell - Podcasts
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Former footy star explains how he turned his life around
May 24, 2022 | 03:49 amFormer Melbourne star Brock McLean says the AFLPA still pays for him to see a psychologist, defending the players' association as it comes under fire for not doing enough to help former footballers who are struggling post-career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What makes Henry Ekert tick?
May 24, 2022 | 03:01 am"My mother took me to the window, and she said 'look out that window' and as long as you live, never forget it' and I haven't."Those are the words of Professor Henry Ekert, promising his mother to never forget the atrocities he witnessed as a three-year-old boy during the Holocaust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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3AW Mornings with Neil Mitchell, May 24th, 2022
May 24, 2022 | 02:24 amSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Neil Mitchell makes a prediction about Josh Frydenberg's future
May 24, 2022 | 02:04 amIt comes after the former federal treasurer was booted out of parliament in Saturday's election, losing the seat of Kooyong to Monique Ryan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bernie Finn reacts to being booted out of the Liberal Party
May 24, 2022 | 01:26 amThe controversial MP learned his fate on Tuesday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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City of Yarra sparks emotional protest after forcing school to open grounds to public
May 24, 2022 | 00:14 amParents and concerned locals are protesting outside Alphington Grammar after the City of Yarra ordered the school open its gates permanently so people can reach a nearby creek.The principal of the school is fearing worse, saying the move would make it a "predator's dream" to prey on school children.She spoke with Neil Mitchell on Tuesday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Neil Mitchell covers a range of political issues with the acting Prime Minister
May 24, 2022 | 00:03 amRichard Marles joined Neil Mitchell on Tuesday.There was a lot to discuss, just days after Labor won government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Why fruit and vegetable shortages and price rises could be the 'new normal'
May 23, 2022 | 23:10 pmEmma Germano from the Victorian Farmers' Federation joined Neil Mitchell on Tuesday morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Neil Mitchell backs Albo's media warning
May 23, 2022 | 03:12 amAustralia's new Prime Minister has issued a warning to the media, and Neil Mitchell says he should have done it sooner.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Victoria Police issues warning to those vaping at the footy
May 23, 2022 | 02:38 am3AW has received a string of complaints on the talkback line in recent weeks about people smoking electronic cigarettes in the stands at the MCG and Marvel Stadium.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.