 He also had considerable dealings with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on these matters.In 1983, the newly elected Hawke Government had his case reconsidered and, on the advice of ASIO, declined to reveal its determination on the basis that the Venona leaks still required "the highest level of protection".In 1983, to help fund the production of the film "The Pursuit of Happiness", based on a book by his daughter Karen Throssell, he donated his father's Victoria Cross to People for Nuclear Disarmament.