Evers joined the diplomatic service of the Department of External Affairs, and was posted in Ghana and Korea.
In 1986, Evers was head-hunted by the Premier of Tasmania, Robin Gray, who asked him to run for Parliament at that year's state election.
He was one of several high-profile individuals, dubbed the "magnificent seven", who were personally selected by Gray for their expertise and vision, and who he hoped would replace Liberal Party "drones" in the parliament.
On 1 June 1989, Robin Gray formed a ministry in which Evers was Minister for Industrial Relations, and Labour and Industry, however Gray's minority government was dissolved by the Governor of Tasmania, who then commissioned Michael Field as Premier with the support of five Green Independents under the Labor–Green Accord.
[5] Evers died following a long illness on 27 July 2013, aged 75, at a nursing home in Launceston.