Richard has been a journalist for more than 25 years. He started his career with News Corp in the 80s, where he worked on all its titles before settling with The Australian, where he was appointed aviation editor. He left News to join Qantas’s PR team, before moving on to similar roles with Ford and Toyota. He eventually returned to journalism after 12 years. He rejoined News – fatter, balder and hopefully wiser – in 2014 as national motoring editor.