Christopher Wade Anderson has a rich and varied professional background, beginning his career in 1970 with roles in retail sales at Woolworths, machine operation in plastics and steel fabrication, lineman duties for Telecom, and excavator operation. Christopher is skilled in community development, counselling, mental health issues, and Aboriginal affairs. He also served as an Aboriginal Liaison Officer with the N.S.W. Police Service, where he worked with young offenders, mediated family disputes, and resolved neighbourhood conflicts.