You can have this as a career:
Joined TAA at the time of the 1989 pilot dispute as a DEC. B737, I think. He already had a lot of time logged overseas, so the 32000 claim could be right, not necessarily accurate.
or you can have this as a career:
Other thread mining shows he says FO on Bushies DC-3, then DC9, B737, and A330 commands and mentions 32500hrs, so you can work out the career.
But you cant have both. If he spent his time in Australia and was in TAA pre-dispute then he certainly was not doing a lot of airline flying.