 He was poetry editor, later coordinating editor of the Australian literary journal "Ulitarra" from 1992–2001, and has guest-edited poetry issues of other magazines including "Hobo" and "Famous Reporter".He has also worked as a freelance writer, editor and publisher's reader, and as a Writer in the Community for the Box Hill-Doncaster Regional Library in Victoria and the Blue Mountains City Library in New South Wales.He was a regular book reviewer for the "Australian Book Review", and the "Australian" and "Courier Mail" newspapers and has contributed biographical essays to the "Australian Dictionary of Biography", the "Dictionary of New Zealand Biography" and other publications.