Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva muna 1982 kusvika muna 1990 Cowen akanga ari Provost weOriel College, Oxford. Pashure pokurega basa akadzokera kuAustralia ndokuva anoshingaira munhau dzemunharaunda yechiJudha muMelbourne. Akateverawo zvimwe zvinonakidza, kusanganisira kushanda kwemakore mashanu mubhodhi reFairfax Newspapers (matatu acho seMutungamiri) panguva isina kugadzikana yekambani; uye kuva mutsigiri weSt Kilda Football Club. Mukati mokutungamirira ku
Muna 1999, muAustralia pakaitwa referendamu yeRepublican, akatsigira maRepublican.