Well aware of that. But you seemed to imply that all Australian...

Well aware of that.
But you seemed to imply that all Australian Unis were second rate.
They are not.

So lets do this then one by one starting at the top.
Mark Pivac went to RMIT
RMIT ranks 21st in Unis globally under 50 years of age.
https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-education/reputation-and-rankings/qs-world-university-rankings

Admittedly it is a far point that we do not know where RMIT ranked back in the late 80s when Mark was there.
But to suggest that people who went to RMIT at any point in its history are therefore not capable of great things on the global stage is a gross generalisation.

So who in FBR @Boz2112 to you wish to pick on next....and by the way what are your qualifications that give you license to be able to look down on those qualifications that other people have.