On 24 March 1994 he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport, a position he held until Labor's electoral defeat in 1996.
[1] After his retirement from politics, he was able to use his close relationship with then Victorian Premier Steve Bracks, who he once employed as an adviser to build another career as a lobbyist and through government appointments.
O'Keefe was a director of the Western Bulldogs Football Club and was executive producer of Australian film production "The Independent."
He also served as chair of the Centre for Public Infrastructure and Director of Melbourne University Private, before it folded.
"[2] An active motorcyclist, Neil O'Keefe has also served as the ministerial appointed chair of the Victorian Motorcycle Advisory Council for the past seven years.