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Rafferty's Rules

Michael Rafferty, who is a Stipendiary Magistrate, drives to work in an old blue VW Kombi van. He owns a cat named Rhubarb. Rafferty is separated from his wife, with whom he had two children (a son and a daughter). Rafferty also has an older daughter, Rebecca Browning, who is in her early twenties - and of whose existence he was unaware until she contacted him after she had grown up (Rebecca's mother is a woman who Michael Rafferty had known before he met his wife, and who he had not seen since his marriage). Rafferty also has a brother, Patrick Rafferty, who is a State Member of Parliament.

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John Wood
Michael Rafferty
Arky Michael
Fulvio Frangellomini
Simon Chilvers
Sgt Julian Flicker

Season 5 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Security

Michael sees the law from another perspective after he becomes the key witness in Flicker's prosecution against an arsonist. Fulvio's quest to find the ultimate bargain wreaks havoc in Michael's life, while Michael is left side-eyeing his former neighbour after rediscovering some records that went missing when his apartment was burgled. Atomic age politics enter the courtroom when Michael has to rule on a case involving bomb shelters.

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Awards

  • 1988 - Logie - Most Outstanding Actor - winner
  • 1988 - Logie - Most Outstanding Actress - winner
  • 1989 - Silver Logie - Most Outstanding Actor - winner

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