 During September 2000 Armiger was hospitalised by an infection, in the following January he recalled his experience in an article, "Waiting for Life and Death'", for "The Sydney Morning Herald".As of 2004 Armiger was Head of Screen Composition at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS).At AFTRS he coordinated and taught the Graduate Diploma in Screen Composition as a specialist course for selected students.