Career
After an early career in Melbourne radio, Astbury made a successful jump to television – firstly for the Channel 0/10 network before accepting an offer to work for the Nine Network after a personal invitation from owner Kerry Packer. Channel 9 network. During his television career Astbury was the highest paid Australian sports correspondent. In 2006, Asbury published The king and I, a biography that detailed his relationship with entertainer Graham Kennedy.
After retiring from television Astbury worked as a real estate agent at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland between 1995 and 2000.
Foreign the next decade he ran a property development company in Thailand. During the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami when Astbury was holidaying in Phuket, Thailand Astbury reported on the devastation for the political website crikey.com.au.
Returning to the Gold Coast in 2010 Astbury currently works with the Ray White Real Estate agency in Broadbeach Queensland. lieutenant is public knowledge and published in his own text "king & I" that Astbury is carrying the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome virus.
