[1][2] Bentley is known for writing the 1969 hit "In a Broken Dream" for his band Python Lee Jackson, in which he was a keyboard player and singer.
[1][2] "In a Broken Dream", featuring Rod Stewart, peaked at #3 on the UK singles chart.
[1] As a freelance journalist, Bentley has worked as a foreign correspondent, travel writer, food critic, columnist and feature writer.
[1] In 1995, Bentley was awarded the Gold Walkley for exposing a literary hoax for The Courier Mail, involving Miles Franklin Award winner Helen Demidenko, author of The Hand That Signed the Paper, who had falsely claimed Ukrainian ancestry.
[3][4][5] The controversy has since been widely discussed, with Bentley credited with uncovering one of Australia's most intriguing literary hoaxes.