 Harvey changed to television when he joined the Nine Network in 1973 and served as its news director in the network's Canberra bureau for many years.One of his first major stories was the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in November 1975.It was from this work, and his regular political reporting on Nine's flagship nightly news bulletins, that his sonorous closing line of "Peter Harvey, Canberra" and deep baritone voice became something of a catchphrase and was lampooned by numerous comedians, including Australian television's "Full Frontal" and "The Late Show".