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Passionate vehicle safety advocate and motoring journalist with 17 years experience in the former and 25 in the latter. Proud author of the book, Idle Torque, published in August 2021.Long-serving Australia's Best Cars judge then RAC's Best Drives judge at RACWA, also working closely with ANCAP and Monash University Accident Research Centre on vehicle safety, and on fair fuel pricing for Western Australian motorists.Fortunate to have opportunities to road test everything from the latest electric and semi-autonomous cars back to vintage Bentleys and everything in between for the RAC, major newspapers, magazines, television and online. Writer of Australia’s longest-running weekly motoring column, Idle Torque, which appeared in the Saturday edition of The West Australian newspaper continuously for 21 years up to February 2019. A reliable source of up-to-date motoring news, with wide experience in photography for magazines and newspapers.Also experienced in consumer advocacy issues around road safety and related strategy development, particularly over the last five years in large medium- to long-term research projects for the RAC. Always interested in further developing my research, data analysis, industry contacts, and reporting skills, and always up for a new motoring experience.Specialties: Vehicle safety, consumer advocacy and research program management, automotive journalism, vehicle data analysis, fuel industry and pricing.

Listed skills include Journalism, Media Relations, Marketing Communications, Corporate Communications, and 18 others.