[3] In 1986, Parry Corporation was ranked 96 in a listing of the top 100 Australian non-financial firms.
[6] The Scitech centre in West Perth was supported by Parry until financial difficulties ended his involvement.
[7] Parry was associated with other high-flying Perth entrepreneurs in funding the Australian Labor Party through a structure named the John Curtin Foundation, formed in October 1984 to harvest corporate funding for and facilitate political patronage of the federal Hawke government and the notorious WA Inc state government of Brian Burke.
[7] He later headed a small Perth-based homeopathic company Astop Biohealth with his son, Cameron.
[10] This award was rescinded in 1996 after he was charged with stealing $75,000 from the Western Australian State Superannuation Board.