 Though returning to work for a time as head of research in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, his health deteriorated again, much later diagnosed as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgia, factors preventing return to regular work.In pursuit of rehabilitation he for a time secured organic registration of a very small fruit farm near Bodalla New South Wales with NASAA and a permaculture designer's certificate, to personal and but not financial advantage.In 2003 and 2004 Argall gave speeches critical of the Australian Government's entry into war with Iraq comparing with the beginnings of World War 1 and expecting comparable unravelling of violence.