Lusby contributed cartoons to The Bulletin from about 1936 and also had articles published from 1938. Further Lusby cartoons were published in The Bulletin in the 1950s.

Lusby had short stories appeared in Smith’s Weekly and The Bulletin under the pseudonym 'Freddie'. These were reprinted in anthologies such as Coast to Coast (1959–60), The Bulletin Christmas Edition (1958), The Penguin Book of Australian Short Stories (Vol 2), Selected Australian Stories (1963), Australian Short Stories Second Series (1963), and Short Stories from the Second World War (1982).

His Thumb’s Up ('stories, verse and pages of Lusby’s laughable joke cartoons') was published by Frank Johnson c.1940 (ad. in “Lock” 1941).

Lusby enlisted in the Royal Australian Airforce in 1941. After the war, he worked for the Brisbane Courier-Mail from 1945 to 1951.

He also contributed cartoons to the Minties moments advertising series.