[3] On return to Australia, he rejoined the Herald as a war and foreign correspondent, serving in London, Germany, Greece, Spain and Portugal.
For the next three years he worked overseas again, reporting from London, France, Russia, and the Middle East, where he covered the 1956 Suez Crisis.
[3] Kippax was an early champion of the plays of Patrick White, being one of the few critics who wrote favourably of The Ham Funeral.
He was said to have "spotted the talent" of the actors John Bell, Robyn Nevin, Mel Gibson and Judy Davis; and the playwright David Williamson.
Selections from his critical writings were edited by Harry Payne Heseltine and published as: He was a nephew of the Test cricketer Alan Kippax.