[6][7] When State Affair was axed in 1987, Taylor briefly moved to Channel 7's Perth station TVW-7 where he began anchoring the local edition of Seven News following the departure of Peter Waltham.
[8] In late 1987, it was announced that Taylor had been appointed as a co-anchor for Seven's hour-long Melbourne news, alongside Jennifer Keyte.
[1][13] After Theile had introduced a story about swimmer Richard Upton (who had tested positive to a banned drug) being relieved he hadn't "been suspended", Taylor added "...by his testicles.
[13] He told Nine's local current affairs program Extra in September 1998: "I admit I made the remark but I didn't think it was blasphemous or profane, and I thought the penalty far outweighed the indiscretion on my part.
[17][18][19] QTQ-9's Today Tonight also won a Logie in March 1980 for Most Popular Show (Queensland) while Taylor was still host, prior to being poached by BTQ-7 in May 1980.