After leaving DAAS, Fidler became heavily involved in computers and multimedia. In 1996, he wrote the award-winning CD-ROM "Real Wild Child", a history of Australian rock and roll. Fidler also wrote a regular monthly column for "internet.au" magazine on the digital media world, and contributed an essay to the "Australian Constitutional Convention" website [http://www.abc.net.au/concon/essays/fidler.htm]. Although he had not initially intended to return to television, he has hosted various TV shows since 1996, including "Race Around the World", "Aftershock", "Mouthing Off" and "Vulture"; and spent three years in management as an editor of ABC-TV comedy before deciding he "wasn't cut out to be a manager". In 2005, Fidler ventured into radio, fronting the 7–10pm shift on ABC Local Radio station 612 ABC Brisbane. Since 2006, he has hosted the 11 am–3pm shift on 612 ABC Brisbane, with the show's first hour—known as "The Conversation Hour"—also broadcast on 702 ABC Sydney. He currently hosts "Conversations with Richard Fidler" on ABC's Radio National. In 2011, Fidler co-wrote a satirical book on Australian politics titled, "Jack the Insider: The Insider's Guide to Power in Australia", released by Random House Books, New Zealand.