On 29 July 2010 Neal announced that she would not recontest the seat at the 2010 federal election, but did not rule out a future in politics, saying that the Labor Party still had her full support.
Neal stated on July 29, 2010, that she wouldn't participate in the 2010 federal election re-election campaign but didn't rule out future political involvement. She affirmed that the Labor Party continued to back her fully.