 In 1936, he won three playwriting awards, and was appointed Staff Dramatist by the ABC, with whom he was contracted for six years.During this time he wrote 30 one-and-a-half-hour plays, 15 serials, more than 100 play adaptations, and produced a number of his own plays.From 1941 he wrote children's and adult radio serials including "Hagen's Circus" (800 episodes) for radio 2GB and 2UE.