Steve Panozzo's newspaper career began in 1985 when he was appointed Artist-in-Residence at The Manly Daily in Sydney, after which followed an eighteen-month-long stint at Weekly Neighbourhood Newspapers and Community Newspapers in Perth. Then followed 10 long, hard years at News Limited in Sydney,appearing daily in The Australian and The Daily Telegraph. One month later (on the day of the stock market crash in October 1987), Steve chatted with Rupert Murdoch about stocks and shares... and the speed of elevators (for three bloody floors).