Senior figure in Liberal party’s right wing held prominent cabinet positions in the Howard and Abbott Coalition governments
Andrews died on Friday with his wife, Margie, by his side, his family announced in a statement“We are deeply proud of his service to our country, our local community and his party, although shattered by his death after a year-long battle with cancer,” the statement said.“Right up to his death, he was working on a number of projects, including his memoirs, which we will endeavour to have published posthumously.
Andrews was born in the Gippsland town of Sale in eastern Victoria and moved to Melbourne to study law at both Monash University and the University of Melbourne. He rose to prominence while still a backbencher when he introduced the Andrews bill in 1996, which restricted the rights of the ACT and Northern Territory to make euthanasia laws. The legislation remained in place for the next 25 years before being repealed in 2023.
He backed Abbott when Malcolm Turnbull challenged him for the leadership in 2015, unsuccessfully standing for deputy leader against Julie Bishop on the same day.
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