Oliver is a critically acclaimed international investigative reporter. His reports have featured on ABC, BBC, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera English amongst others but do not conform to type: he has covered war, human rights, indigenous peoples, environmental affairs, politics and development. If anything, Oliver specialises in breaking international stories and reporting the unreported whether its being smuggled through the jungles of Northern Burma to report on the illegal trade in hardwoods, drugs and gems that keeps the Junta in business or investigating the rise of armed ethnic insurgent groups post the recent uprisings, or whether hes heading into the Sahara to record evidence of ongoing chattel slavery or even filming undercover in Al Qaeda gun-markets - its in these places, for some reason, that Oliver seems to be at most effective. In 2008, Oliver presented and directed a critically acclaimed series of investigative films in the lead up to the Beijing Olympics.

He has been nominated for the Livingstone Award for Young Journalists, Emmys and Overseas Press Awards. Oliver formerly managed ABC News Asia news operations from their Beijing HQ. Oliver speaks Mandarin and French with a smattering of Mek, Kombai, Uighur and Mongolian. Regarded highly in his industry, Oliver has chaired numerous conferences and seminars on investigative reporting, broadcast journalism and filming in hostile environments (less info)