Peter Cave

Peter Cave has reported from more than 50 countries during a career with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation spanning more than 35 years.

As foreign affairs editor, he has a roving brief to provide reporting and analysis of stories across the globe.

His first foreign posting was to Japan in the early 1980s and since then he has also been chief correspondent for Europe and the Middle East based in London and bureau chief in Washington.

Before going back on the road he was the presenter of AM (ABC Radio)

He is a five-time winner of Australian journalism's most prestigious accolade, the Walkley Award. He was recognised twice for his coverage of the Tiananmen Square massacre and for the fall of the Berlin Wall. He won two Walkley awards for his Radio News and TV News coverage for his international exclusive on the Iraq hostage Thomas Hamill.

Other major stories he brought home to Australian audiences include the end of apartheid in South Africa, the Palestinian intifada in the Occupied Territories, glasnost and perestroika in the former Soviet Union, the break-up of the former Yugoslavia and wars in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Lebanon.

Peter has covered just about every major international story of the past two decades including two Gulf wars, the fall of President Suharto in Indonesia, the first Bali Bombing, three Fijian Coups, the troubles in Northern Ireland and the election of George W Bush.

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