[vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” parallax=”content-moving” css=”.vc_custom_1598578799087{background: #2d2d2d url(https://solmediastage.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pic4.png?id=6790) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][vc_single_image image=”6777″ img_size=”600×275″ alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_single_image image=”7150″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”13px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]
Rural lessons serve former Speaker well
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Neil Andrew, has never forgotten his humble beginnings.
In retirement, the Riverland born, third-generation horticulturist still seems surprised about his achievements in public life as the Federal Member for Wakefield.
“It’s extraordinary, a fruit grower from Waikerie, as Speaker of the House meeting individually with His Holiness Pope John Paul and in 2003, having one to one conversation with the President of the United States, George W Bush and his wife Laura and hosting the then President of China, Hu Jintao,” he says.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Click here to read the full story[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Please select a valid form[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]← Back to the voting hub[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]