Although officially retired, Wal continues his consultancy work in residential tertiary education. A resident of Yarraville since 2003, Wal was involved in Cross-Safe Yarraville and Preserve Yarraville Village, where he was part of the team appearing before VCAT to challenge inappropriate development.
Wal is a current Director and former Chair of the Board of the Seddon Community Bank, and he is the inaugural Chairman of the Inner West Community Foundation.