Besides his busy work schedule, Peter always engages in different kinds of social activities. He spends enough time in being involved in community services and he lends his helping hands to many charities, which gives shelter to many disabled people including the deaf, dumb and the blind as well. He most often appears as the guest speaker at school events and every speech of Peter remains motivational and also encourages children to lend safe hands to the needy and disabled.

Peter lives in Kew and he is accompanied with his pets. He is a popular Victorian icon and of course, a wonderful news presenter. Peter has spent a significant part of his life in television and media and has carved his career perfectly into the journalism sense of action. He is such a wonderful soul who has been serving the impoverished and disabled.

Next news station on Hitchener list was Nine Network, where he presented National Nine News starting with Sydney and later, in

Hitchener was a great well-wisher for people with disabilities and shortcomings! He was sponsor and supporter for various communities and organizations, which provides helping hand, to the needy. Out of love for dogs, he also funds organizations, which are associated with the breeding of dogs. He is a sponsor and volunteer for Dogs Victoria, Able Australia, Eastern Health Foundation and Barwon Health Foundation regularly helping and supporting charity events. He is also the Representative face for Lort Smith Animal Hospital.

Hitchener was threatened by Tony Pereira who worked at rival news channel “Channel 7”. He was threatened for life by Pereira for unknown reason; Tony Pereira has multiple twitter accounts which he used for stalking and threatening Hitchener and his colleagues and also Malcolm Turnbull who was then, Prime Minister. Later, it was found that Pereira blamed Hitchener for losing his job at Channel 7. Pereira stalked and threatened Hitchener for nine months and then, was arrested when he showed up in Channel 9 studio, threatening him.

Hitchener was a great man with a beautiful soul; he had lost his father when he was in his teenage, since then he dedicated his whole life for his mother and sister. Unfortunately he lost his mother too. Hitchener had a great career with ABC radio, Channel Nine, 3AW and 3AK, earning huge salary of more than $600 thousand and a great net worth too, however the exact net worth number has not been disclosed yet.