Education
He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.
He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.
He competed for Australia in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, finishing second behind American Charles Dumas. He also collected silver medals in the 1958 Commonwealth Games and the 1962 Commonwealth Games
His father, Charles Robert Porter, was a Queensland Liberal state Member of Parliament between 1966 and 1980 and served in the ministry of Joh Bjelke-Petersen.