 He held this position for three years before becoming the CEO of WorkPlacement.From 1999, he held the position of Social Policy Director to the Premier of Victoria.After being elected to parliament in 2002, he became the Chair of the Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee from 2002–2006, the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure from 2006–2007, the Parliamentary Secretary for Public Transport and the Arts from 2007–2009, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and for the Arts in 2010.