Life after the NSBH has treated me kindly. A high-light was being Rod Wise's best man.
I achieved a bachelor of Commerce (Economics) from NSW and a Programming diploma from The Govt (PIT).
Later I challenged the Dept of Trade in developing policies to expand trade in South America,
Carribean, Canada and the United States. I then moved back into computers working for Transport,
Aviation and ATO. The move to Tax was unexpected and resulted in my heading a team to develop a
tender to take the ATO into the future (this was 1989) - five years of my life and the ATO had their
650 M solution. Later I was seconded to Parliament and finalised an enquiry into the Defence supply
system that had been festering for 20 years. Life after that was equally exciting as I moved to a
business analytical position to simplify record keeping for small business. I actually achieved a
lot but retired before the GST (lets get rid of the GST).
Now happily living on the Sunshine Coast and
counting my blessings.
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