A State Funeral for the Honourable Anthony (Tony) Staley AO will be held at 11.00am on Wednesday 17 May 2023 at St John’s Anglican Church, Toorak, Victoria.
In 1970, Mr Staley was elected to the seat of Chisholm. He later became Minister for the Capital Territory and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Arts from 1976 to 1977, and Minister for Post and Telecommunications from 1977 to 1980. He retired from the Australian Parliament in 1980.
In 2007, Mr Staley was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his service to politics as a parliamentarian and contributor to the development of the Liberal Party of Australia, to the telecommunications industry, and to the arts. In 2001, Mr Staley was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society through politics and government.
Details regarding attendance at the service and livestreaming can be found here.
As a mark of mourning and respect, the Australian National Flag should be flown at half-mast all day on Wednesday 17 May 2023 in the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria only from all buildings and establishments occupied by Australian Government departments and affiliated agencies. Other organisations are welcome to participate.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Information on flag protocol is available on the Department's website.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer