After Politics
Macphee remained in public life. He served on the board of CARE Australia and from 1994 he served as a director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for a period of five years. Macphee also worked with fellow former Liberal MP Alan Hunt in reforming the Victorian Legislative Council in a Constitutional Commission set up by the Bracks Labor Government.
On 26 January 1992 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to the Australian parliament".
Macphee was critical of the Howard Government, stating that he was "consistently outraged" by the Government's position on refugee policy. He also publicly supported the 2005 'backbench revolt' of Petro Georgiou, Judith Moylan, Bruce Baird and Russell Broadbent, which saw the softening of some aspects of the legislation.
Macphee was also highly critical of the Howard Government's role in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
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