Natasha Stott Despoja

Quick Facts

Full Name	Natasha Stott Despoja
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 9, 1969(1969-09-09)
Age	55
Birthplace	Adelaide
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Virgo

Natasha Stott Despoja Biography

Natasha Stott Despoja is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 9, 1969 in Adelaide, Australia. Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja, AO was born 9 September 1969. She is an Australian politician and diplomat. She is the founder of the Board of Our Watch which is a national foundation that prevents violence against women and children. She was also the Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 2013 and 2016. From 2015 to 2017, she was a member of the World Bank Gender Advisory Council and a Member of UN High Level Working Group for the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children, and Adolescents.

She was named a Global Leader of Tomorrow (WEF) in 1999.

Stott Despoja became the leader of her party on 6 April 2001. The preceding leader Meg Lees left the party in the following year. Stott Despoja faced criticism with calm resolution from Democrat senators and the general public, but she opted to resign on 21 August 2002 after 16 months. She had been faced with little alternative after four of her six colleagues forced a ten-point reform agenda upon her. The agenda was proposed by John Cherry and she was opposed to its content.

In 2004, Stott Despoja took 11 weeks’ leave from the Senate following the birth of her first child before returning to full duties as Democrat spokesperson on, inter alia, Higher Education, Status of Women, and Work and Family.

Stott Despoja started her parliamentary career at 26 when she was appointed to the Senate. She served as an Australian Democrats Senator in South Australia between 1995 and 2008. After serving as the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Australian Democrats, she went on to become the Leader and Deputy Leader. She is the youngest female senator from Australia to be a member of the Parliament of Australia.

Natasha Stott Despoja Net Worth

Natasha Stott Despoja is one of the richest Politician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Natasha Stott Despoja 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Stott Despoja was the daughter of Shirley Stott Despoja (an Australian journalist) and Mario Despoja (a Croatian-born journalist). She was educated at Stradbroke Primary School and Pembroke School, and graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1992. She was the President of the Students’ Association of the University of Australia (SAUA) as well as the South Australian Women’s Officer for National Union of Students. After that, she worked as a political adviser to Senator John Coulter (SAUA) and Senator Cheryl Kernot.

Stott Despoja became the successful candidate to succeed John Coulter, who had to resign due to health reasons in 1995. She was reelected in 1996 and again in 2001 for her outstanding performance. From her position of party spokesperson for parliamentary portfolios like Science and Technology, Higher Education IT, Employment & Youth Affairs, she was promoted to deputy leader of Democrats in 1997.

During the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislation in 1999, Stott Despoja, along with Andrew Bartlett, split from the party’s other senators by opposing the package, which had been negotiated by Lees and prime minister John Howard. She said that she refused to break promises made by the party during the election. The party had gone to the election stating that they would work with whichever party formed government to improve their tax package. The Australian Democrats traditionally permitted parliamentary representatives to cast a conscience vote on any issue but, on this occasion, close numbers in the Senate placed greater pressure than usual on the dissenters.

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Stott Despoja has also been an election observer for the US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Nigeria (2011); visited Burkina Faso for Oxfam (2012); and went to Laos (2011) and Burma (2013) with The Burnet Institute. She was mentioned in June 2014 as a possible replacement for Kevin Scarce as the next Governor of South Australia, however Hieu Van Le was chosen.

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Natasha Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Natasha Stott Despoja celebrates birthday on September 9 of every year.

One colleague, Senator Murray, has said that he does not believe in ultimatums, yet one of his earliest communiques to the public and to me was to `shape up or ship out’. Some commentators have mistaken my relative public silence for weak leadership – my refusal to strike back aggressively, particularly in the public domain, as weakness. But I still believe that politics can be a civil discourse, and I choose not to inflame with returned invective.

Who is Natasha Stott Despoja married to?

Personal life. Stott Despoja is married to former Liberal party advisor, Ian Smith and has two children.

Who said let's keep the bastards honest?

Keep the bastards honest. The Democrats’ inaugural leader was Don Chipp, a former Liberal cabinet minister, who famously promised to “keep the bastards honest”. At the 1977 federal election, the Democrats polled 11.1 percent of the Senate vote and secured two seats.

Who started the Australian Democrats?

Don Chipp

What does the Animal Justice party do?

The party aims to give animals constitutional protection based on their sentience, as opposed to their instrumental value. The AJP opposes the export of any live animals for profit, especially slaughter. The AJP aims to legally recognise the inherent Rights of Nature.

How is Australia democratic?

Australia is a representative democracy. In this political system, eligible people vote for candidates to carry out the business of governing on their behalf. Australia’s system of government—its institutions and practices—reflect British and North American traditions combined in a way that is uniquely Australian.