Peter is an 'empty nester' who has held interests in politics and political history for many years.

Holding formal qualifications in Commerce/Finance/Applied Science, Peter has both provided advice to businesses as well as operated his own business interests and private equity investments. The result of his industrial and life experiences has resulted in Peter supporting the following ideals and viewpoints:

1. The concepts enshrined in the IHEU Bylaws to promote a Humanist and ethical approach to life. This is a stance that affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It further stands for building a more humane society through ethics based on human and natural values in a spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities.

2. The concept that the most adequate guarantee of protecting human rights from repressive majorities and authoritarian elites comes from a democratic system that embraces an open and pluralistic society. (example: - a secular form of democratic government is a necessary condition for the interdependent rights of religious freedom and religious dissent.)

3. The concept that governance should be based on the philosophy of free thought. Decisions of government should not be dominated by sectarianism and dogma, but rather opinions ought to be formed on the basis of logic, reason and science.

4. The concepts espoused by Rationalist International, which calls for a rational approach to human problems, suggesting reasoned alternatives to dogmatic stances, defending freedom of thought and civil liberties and striving for the secularisation of politics, society and educational systems. Furthermore, to counter superstition and to promote an open and just society, endorse scientific method and also recognise the importance of emotions and imagination.

5. The viewpoint that Federal Government decision making in recent decades has been entangled in a web of hyperbolism, poll-driven popularism and irrational pandering to vocal minorities. Established major political parties, both in government and in opposition, have a history of making preference for indulging in 'spin' over evidence based rational decision-making. Rather than pro-actively managing policy areas, policy is shaped in a reactionary manner unduly influenced by interest groups which have themselves failed to disclose to the Australian people a rational basis for accepting their claims, and the influence they exert on major party decisions.

Peter is a member and supporter of Australian Skeptics and The Brights, and supports the published aims and philosophical position of these organisations.