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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Why so few veterans have registered for Melbourne's Anzac Day march
Apr 12, 2021 | 23:29 pmFewer than a thousand people have registered to take part in the Anzac Day march in Melbourne's CBD.Here's what RSL Victoria thinks is behind the sluggish interest in registering.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The TAC responds to news of a spike in motorcycle sales
Apr 12, 2021 | 03:53 amSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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3AW Mornings with Tony Jones, 12th April 2021
Apr 12, 2021 | 03:18 amSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Push for maths curriculum overhaul as Australian kids fall behind
Apr 12, 2021 | 02:22 amThere is a growing push for changes to be made to the maths curriculum, as Australian kids fall behind their counterparts in other countries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How to address the AstraZeneca vaccine's 'PR problem'
Apr 12, 2021 | 01:07 amDr Mukesh Haikerwal is the chair of the the Victorian Council of the Australian Medical Association and spoke with 3AW Mornings on Monday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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'Begging them to stop': Carjacking victim threatened with knife and dragged along road tells of 'terrifying' ordeal
Apr 11, 2021 | 23:52 pmHorrendous.Manasi Gore, 46, was sitting in her parked car waiting for her son to pick up a pizza when two knife-wielding thugs approached.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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'A pretty bumpy ride': Spirit of Tasmania passengers tell TJ what rough Bass Strait crossing was like
Apr 11, 2021 | 23:05 pmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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3AW Mornings with Tony Jones, 9th April 2021
Apr 9, 2021 | 02:43 amSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Victorian renters are pleading for compassion after the COVID-19 moratorium on evictions was lifted
Apr 9, 2021 | 02:34 amSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Why loading zones in Melbourne's CBD are disappearing
Apr 9, 2021 | 00:44 amVictorian Transport Association CEO Peter Anderson says there has been a 25 to 30 per cent reduction in loading zones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.