He is mostly remembered in Melbourne for his use of a varied and creative number of viewer submitted pointers to highlight items when delivering the ABC's Victorian state weather forecast.
In 2003, China Central Television sought to expand its CCTV International to be more professional and accessible to Western audiences.
Besides anchoring a news broadcast a few afternoons a week, his duties include voice coaching to the Chinese staff.
"[3] Maher also wrote articles for the English language China Daily newspaper about his experiences learning Mandarin Chinese.
[4] He appeared in the 2003 Australian movie Bad Eggs as a news presenter reporting on the events at the end of the film.