In 2009, at age 19, this law school drop-out became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. His television appearances include Good News Week, The 7PM Project, The Circle and triple j tv. Most notable however, is Tom's rapid rise from co-hosting triple j's weekend breakfast show in 2009 to taking on the weekday breakfast radio shift for the national youth broadcaster in 2010.

Tom Ballard Is What He Is is an award-winning show about being gay.