He joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1989, serving in Port Moresby and Harare. He is the author of Capital Correspondent: the Canberra Letters of Edwin Charles 1936-37, (Ginninderra Press, 2002); Trusty and Well Beloved, a life of Keith Officer, Australia’s first diplomat (Miegunyah Press, 2009), and The Bracegirdle Incident (Acrcadia, 2013). He is currently working on a biography of Sir Keith Waller.