[1][2] In September 2017 he announced he was resigning from his position as Deputy Secretary of Ageing, Disability and Home Care to pursue a two-year post graduate degree in the US.
[1] On 31 May 1986 Longley was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and soon thereafter was appointed the Acting Shadow Minister for Finance.
[1] After his resignation from Parliament in 1996 until late 2000, Longley was the CEO of Anglican Retirement Villages in the Diocese of Sydney, after which he took up a government-liaison role with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia[1] as General Manager/Executive Vice President Government Finance.
In July 2012, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC), within the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.
[3] During 2017, two articles in the Sydney Morning Herald[4][5] noted that Longley was one of 10 directors of RSL LifeCare associated with allegations of misuse of funds, but no subsequent action has been taken against him.