Michael married Tracey Sutherland. He and his wife are together since their marriage, but there are no any information regarding their children.
Michael has interviewed many controversial interviews with prime ministers of many countries including, Australia and China. He was the political reporter in much news from Pacific to Europe, the US and the Middle East including Obama administration in U.S., Iraq war, Balkans war and much more.
Although he has not revealed about his actual earning, but his net worth should be in millions.