Jock Rankin, ABC News,

From ABC News, January 17, 2002:
[Posted by Steve Padgham, in Hong Kong]


Victorian journalists have paid tribute to Jock Rankin, the veteran ABC broadcaster who died in Melbourne yesterday.

Mr Rankin joined the ABC in 1972, and had been a reporter for television and radio current affairs programs including Four Corners and This Day Tonight. 

He was Victorian Director of News and Current Affairs from 1988 to 1993, while in recent years he was best known for his work as executive director of the Property Council of Victoria. 

Mr Rankin, who was 52, is survived by his wife, state Education Minister Mary Delahunty, and their two children. 

ABC TV newsreader Ian Henderson says Mr Rankin made an important contribution to Victorian journalism. 

"Jock was an uncompromising and passionate editor of the old school - he was capable of both inspiring great loyalty and making you quake in your boots, like the best did," he said. 

"He was a great fighter for Victoria's place in Australian journalism."