State Memorial Service for the Honourable Neil Andrew AO

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Vale the Honourable Neil Andrew AO, 1944 to 2026.

A State Memorial Service will be held for the Honourable Neil Andrew AO at Pilgrim Uniting Church, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide on Tuesday 20 October 2026 at 2:00 pm.

Mr Andrew served in the House of Representatives from 1983 to 2004, representing the electorate of Wakefield in South Australia for the Liberal Party. He became the 24th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004. Mr Andrew retired in 2004.

In 2008, Mr Andrew was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the Parliament of Australia through the advancement of parliamentary administration and reform, and to the community in the areas of agricultural research, development and education.

Family, friends, representatives of organisations and members of the public are welcome to attend the State Memorial. Please register online. Members of the public will be shown to seating in order of arrival. In the event that the church reaches capacity, overflow viewing facilities with a live stream of the Service will be available.

Doors will open at 12:30 pm, attendees are kindly requested to be seated by 1:30 pm. Ushers will be on hand to assist with seating.

Enquiries can be directed to the Protocol and International Visits Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra on (02) 6271 6129 or email StateMemorial@pmc.gov.au.

The State Memorial Service will be livestreamed from 2:00 pm ACDT. Details will be provided closer to the date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Mary Potter Foundation.

Online condolences can be made below.

The privacy and security of your personal information is important to us and is protected by law.

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the department) is collecting your personal information to provide condolence messages in a book to the family of the Hon Neil Andrew AO.

Providing the requested information is voluntary. If you choose not to provide us with your information, we will not be able to pass your message onto the family. 
For the same purpose, we will provide your information to a third-party supplier, Elite Bookbinding, for the purposes of binding the condolence messages into a book to be given to the family of Mr Andrew.

The department will not use or disclose the information collected from you, other than for the purposes described above, unless you have provided consent for us to do this, or we are authorised or required to do so by law.

The department’s Privacy Policy explains how the department handles and protects the information provided by you. Our Privacy Policy also explains how you can request access to, or correct the personal information we hold about you, and who to contact if you have a privacy enquiry or complaint.

If you require a copy of our Privacy Policy, contact the Privacy Officer at privacy@pmc.gov.au.