Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1995, Elliott ya shiga rundunar sojojin Australia kuma ya fara horar da jami'in sa a Kwalejin Soja ta Royal, Duntroon, inda ya sami mukamin Kyaftin a watan Afrilun 1997. Da yake ba da izinin watanni 18, ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakataren 'Yan Jarida na Hon. Peter Collins, QC MP wanda aka zaɓa a matsayin Shugaban NSW na' yan adawa bayan zaben jihar na 1995. A cikin 1999, Elliott ya kasance Daraktan kamfen na Australiya don Tsarin Mulki na Tsarin Mulki game da raba gardama don Ostiraliya ta zama jamhuriya
; wanda aka ba shi lambar yabo ta Centenary a ranar 1 ga Janairu 2001 don hidimar muhawarar sake fasalin kundin tsarin mulki.