[4] Bourchier commenced his television career in 2010 at NITV, working in Sydney and Canberra, before he joined Sky News Australia in 2012 where he became the chief of their Northern Territory bureau, based in Darwin.
[4] He then transferred to Canberra in October 2015 to work as a political reporter and national Indigenous affairs correspondent.
[8][9] In December 2019, it was announced Bourchier would leave his role as ABC Radio Canberra's breakfast presenter and would be succeeded by Lish Fejer.
As part of our ongoing commitment to Indigenous recognition, the ABC is partnering with the United Ngunnawal Elders Council and pays respect to them — the first people of this land.
[11] During the onset of the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires, Bourchier was forced to present ABC News Canberra from the footpath outside the ABC studios in Dickson when the building's smoke alarms were triggered shortly before 7pm by the thick bushfire smoke which had been blanketing the city.
He has also hosted national broadcasts from the Australian of the Year Awards in Canberra on the ABC Local Radio network.
[1][22][23] Bourchier is a proponent of gender and cultural diversity and refuses to be part of any panel discussions where women are not included.