Career
His television career began in 1971 at the current affairs department of the British Broadcasting Corporation in Britain, until he was hired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1982 to become the executive producer of Four Corners, the American Broadcasting Company"s flagship current affairs programme. He was executive producer of Four Corners from 1982 to 1985, of Foreign Correspondent (1992-1993), and The 7.30 Report (2001-2002). From 1998 to 2000, he was the American Broadcasting Company"s foreign correspondent in Washington, District of Columbia
He returned to Four Corners as a reporter in January 2003.
In 1988, he wrote, produced and narrated the award-winning documentary film Hoddle Street, about the 1987 Hoddle Street massacre.