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Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AO (born 9 September 1969) is an Australian politician, diplomat, advocate and author. She is the founding Chair of the Board of Our Watch, the national foundation to prevent violence against women and their children, and was previously the Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2013 to 2016. She was also a Member of the World Bank Gender Advisory Council from 2015 to 2017 and a Member of the United Nations High Level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents in 2017. She is a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.Stott Despoja began her parliamentary career after being appointed to the Senate at the age of 26 serving as an Australian Democrats Senator for South Australia from 1995 to 2008. She went on to serve as the Deputy Leader and Leader of the Australian Democrats. She holds the record for being the youngest woman to sit in the Parliament of Australia and the longest serving Australian Democrats Senator. Early life and education Stott Despoja was born in Adelaide to Shirley Stott Despoja, an Australian-born journalist and Mario Despoja, who was from Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia). She attended Stradbroke Primary and Pembroke School and later graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1991. She was President of the Students' Association of the University of Adelaide (SAUA) and the South Australian Women's Officer for the National Union of Students. She then went on to work as a political advisor to Senator John Coulter and Senator Cheryl Kernot. Political career When John Coulter had to stand down for health reasons in 1995, Stott Despoja was the successful candidate to replace him. Her performance was recognized when she was re-elected not only in the 1996 election the following year, but again in the 2001 election. In 1997 she had been promoted to become the deputy leader of the Democrats from her position as party spokesperson for parliamentary portfolios such as Science and Technology, Higher Education, IT, Employment & Youth Affairs.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.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.During her political career she also introduced 24 Private Member's Bills on issues including paid maternity leave, the Republic, genetic privacy, stem cells, captioning and same sex marriage. Stott Despoja regularly attends the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.On 22 October 2006, after undergoing emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy, she announced that she would not be contesting the 2007 election to extend her term beyond 30 June 2008. She was the Australian Democrats' longest-serving senator. Her retirement coincided with the ending of her party's federal parliamentary representation; the Democrats' support had collapsed after 2002 and they won no seats at the 2004 and 2007 half-senate elections. Party leadership 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 - the so-called "Gang of Four" - forced a ten-point reform agenda upon her. The agenda was proposed by John Cherry and she was opposed to its content.Her colleagues were apparently stunned by the resignation, but shouldn't have been. Four of them had brought the crisis to a head, forcing Stott Despoja to accept a package of reforms she was utterly opposed to. She announced her resignation in a speech to the Senate, concluding with a "pledge to bring the party back home to the members again", and referring to her colleagues' attitude towards her. 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. She was replaced as leader by Bartlett following a membership ballot interval during which Brian Greig acted in the position. Post-political career Stott Despoja has been a casual host on ABC 891 radio, a guest panellist on Channel 10's The Project and a columnist for the Australian business news website Business Spectator.She was a board member of non-profit organisations the South Australian Museum (SAM) from 2009 to 2013; the Museum of Australian Democracy (MOAD) from 2010 to 2013; and the Advertising Standards Board (ASB) from 2008 to 2013. She was a deputy chair at beyondblue (Australia's national depression initiative). She has been an ambassador for Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA), The Orangutan Project (TOP); Cancer Australia; secondbite; and the HIV/AIDS anti-stigma campaign, ENUF, (along with her husband Ian Smith).She was on the board of the Burnet Institute (Australia's largest virology and communicable disease research institute) from 2008 until December 2013, when Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced the appointment of Stott Despoja as Australia's new Ambassador for Women and Girls, a role she held until 2016. This involved visiting some 45 countries to promote women's economic empowerment and leadership and to help reduce violence against women and girls.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. Continuing roles On 21 July 2015, Stott Despoja returned to the Burnet Institute as a Patron.In July 2013, Stott Despoja was the founding chair of Our Watch, origi.... Discover the Natasha Preston popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Natasha Preston books.

Best Seller Natasha Preston Books of July 2021

: Silence
0/50 REVIEWSYoung Adult$8.99
Czy wyobrażasz sobie, że nie mówisz od jedenastu lat tylko dlatego, że sama tak zadecydowałaś? Czy wyobrażasz sobie, że w tym samym czasie dorastasz, chodzisz do szkoły, poznajesz o...

: Players, Bumps and Cocktail Sausages
5/52,678 REVIEWSContemporary$3.99
Ex-playboy, Jasper, has hung up his little black book and is strictly a one-woman man.Jasper is shocked when his new wife, Abby, no longer wants the family they’ve planned. She...

: Uwikłana
0/50 REVIEWSYoung Adult$8.99
Czy potrafisz wyobrazić sobie sytuację, w której nie możesz zaufać nawet najlepszym przyjaciołom? Kiedy wiesz, że każdy z nich może być… mordercą? Wydaje ci się, że wiesz o ni...

: The Lost
4.5/5104 REVIEWSCrime & Mystery$9.99
The queen of YA thrillers is back with another page-turner, and this time, it’s a fight to survive. In Piper’s hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assu...

: The Twin
3.5/589 REVIEWSCrime & Mystery$9.99
The instant New York Times bestseller!In this twisty psychological thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE CELLAR, Ivy finds out tha...

: La fugida
0/50 REVIEWSAction & AdventurePre-Order
La Piper viu en una petita localitat on hi ha hagut algunes desaparicions de joves. Fins ara, tothom pensa que els nois i noies han fugit de casa seva. Arran de l'última desaparició, p...

: El sótano
0/50 REVIEWSAction & Adventure$6.99
Tienes que conocerle para escapar de él. Cuatro chicas encerradas por un secuestrador. Ellas son sus flores, sus perfectas y puras flores. Pero ¿cuánto tiempo podrán sobrev...

: La noche en que todo cambió
0/50 REVIEWSHorror, Monsters & Ghosts$10.99
Un fin de semana de juerga en una cabaña remota es justamente lo que Mackenzie necesita para olvidarse de sus preocupaciones. Pero tras una noche loca con sus amigos, despierta en un escena...

: Just Like the Movies
4.5/549 REVIEWSContemporary$3.99
He was mine for ten years, and now he belongs to Hollywood.Spencer Lowe, Hollywood’s newest golden boy, has hit the big time. Coming from a small town in England, he never imag...

: Broken Silence Tom 2
0/50 REVIEWSYoung Adult$8.99
Od wyjazdu Oakley, jej mamy i brata do Australii minęły już cztery lata. Nieuchronnie jednak zbliża się data procesu sądowego i Oakley postanawia wrócić do Anglii, by ostatecznie za...

: Uwięzione
0/50 REVIEWSFiction$8.99
Pewnego wieczoru Summer idzie sama na imprezę. Nigdy na nią nie dociera.Lewis, jej chłopak, później nie może sobie wybaczyć, że nie było go przy niej.W jedne...

: Uprowadzone
0/50 REVIEWSYoung Adult$8.99
Natasha Preston, królowa thrillerów YA, powraca z kolejnym hitem! Nie ma nic gorszego od sytuacji, kiedy ktoś delektuje się twoim cierpieniem… A co, jeśli ta osoba jest kimś bardzo c...

: La bessona
0/50 REVIEWSFiction$6.99
Després del divorci dels seus pares, les bessones Ivy i Iris van ser separades: l'Ivy vivia amb el pare i l'Iris amb la mare. Ara, la mare ha mort en un tràgic accident, i les no...

: The Cabin
4.5/5190 REVIEWSFiction$9.99
A New York Times Bestseller! There may only be one killer, but no one is innocent in this thriller from Natasha Preston, the New York Times bestselling au...

: The Lake
4.5/544 REVIEWSCrime & Mystery$8.99
The instant New York Times bestseller! Hot on the heels of The Twin, the undisputed queen of YA thrillers is back with a scary and s...

: Il giardiniere
0/50 REVIEWSFiction$7.99
A Long Thorpe non succede mai niente, finché la sedicenne Summer Robinson non scompare nel nulla e nonostante le ricerche risulta introvabile. Summer è imprigionata in una cantina allestit...

: The Fear
0/50 REVIEWSCrime & MysteryPre-Order
Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, the undisputed queen of YA thrillers is back. ...

: El anónimo (Edición mexicana)
0/50 REVIEWSAction & Adventure$10.99
Un admirador secreto puede ser mortal Cuando Lylah y sus amigos recibieron el anónimo, lo tomaron a broma. ¿Un admirador secreto? Parecía una tontería por la que no valía la ...

: You Will Be Mine (iBooks Edition)
4.5/5128 REVIEWSFiction$9.99
Every iBooks Edition contains new and exclusive content that you can't find anywhere else. Love turns deadly in a new heart-pounding thriller from the #1 New York Ti...

: El despertar
0/50 REVIEWSCrime & Mystery$6.99
La Scarlett Garner no recorda res d'abans dels quatre anys, però un accident de cotxe ho canvia tot. Comença a recordar fragments d'un passat que l'espanta. Un passat que els...

: Awake
4.5/5177 REVIEWSFiction$9.99
She's on the run from a past she can't remember in this thriller from Natasha Preston, the New York Times bestselling author of The Cellar and The Cabin!

: Będziesz moja
0/50 REVIEWSYoung Adult$8.99
Lylah i jej przyjaciele wprost nie mogą się doczekać, aby spędzić razem wieczór. Impreza to idealny sposób na odstresowanie i wyluzowanie po szkole. Lylah ma też nadzieję, że sza...

: Waking up in Vegas
4.5/5330 REVIEWSNew Adult$3.99
There are bad hangovers, then there’s waking up married to your brother’s idiot friend.On the trip of a lifetime, a drunken Wren and intoxicated Brody stumble upon a wedding ...

: La gemela
0/50 REVIEWSAction & Adventure$6.99
Tras el divorcio de sus padres, las gemelas de 10 años Ivy e Iris se separaron: Ivy vivía su padre, Iris con su madre. Seis años después, y tras la trágica muerte de su madre, las gemel...

: Skrzywdzona
0/50 REVIEWSYoung Adult$8.99
Scarlett Garner nie pamięta nic sprzed swoich czwartych urodzin. Gdy tylko próbuje wydobyć z pamięci jakieś wspomnienia, ból głowy staje się nie do zniesienia. Powoli więc godzi si�...

: Broken Silence
4.5/510,685 REVIEWSNew Adult$3.99
It has been four years since Oakley, her mum, and brother fled to Australia. With the trials looming, she makes the decision to return to England. Oakley is desperate for closure so she can ...

: La casa
0/50 REVIEWSFiction$7.99
Mackenzie non è molto entusiasta del fine settimana in montagna con i suoi amici. La casa è bellissima, la compagnia però non la convince: dopo tutto quello che è successo con Josh, non ...

: The Twin - Geliebtes Schwesterlein
0/50 REVIEWSCrime & MysteryPre-Order
Was, wenn dein Ebenbild dir dein Leben nehmen möchte …Die 16-jährigen Zwillingsschwestern Ivy und Iris leben seit der Trennung ihrer Eltern vor 6 Jahren getrennt, eine...

: Read My Mind
4.5/535 REVIEWSContemporary$3.99
The pursuit of happiness is never easy when the person you love already has a significant other. Someone who isn’t you.Mila, desperate for passion in any way she can get it, is...

: La cave (Titre original : The Cellar)
0/50 REVIEWSCrime & Mystery$8.99
Imaginez une maison comme n’importe quelle autre. Dedans, une pièce. Dans cette pièce, une armoire. Derrière cette armoire, une porte. Au-delà de cette porte, des escaliers. Et en bas,...

: Silence
0/50 REVIEWSFiction$9.99
Czy wyobrażasz sobie, że nie mówisz od jedenastu lat tylko dlatego, że sama tak zadecydowałaś? Czy wyobrażasz sobie, że w tym samym czasie dorastasz, chodzisz do szkoły, pozna...

: Silence
4.5/531,184 REVIEWSNew AdultFree
For eleven years, Oakley Farrell has been silent. At the age of five, she stopped talking,and no one seems to know why. Refusing to communicate beyond a few physical actions, Oakley remains ...

: Second Chance
4.5/5994 REVIEWSRomance$3.99
Everyone deserves a second chance at love, but what happens if your second chance comes from someone you should never want?Chloe lost everything when her boyfriend died in a terr...

: Uwięzione
0/50 REVIEWSFiction$8.99
Pewnego wieczoru Summer idzie sama na imprezę. Nigdy na nią nie dociera. Lewis, jej chłopak, później nie może sobie wybaczyć, że nie było go przy niej. W jednej chwili szczę�...

: La cabanya
0/50 REVIEWSAction & Adventure$6.99
Un cap de setmana de festa en una cabanya remota és just el que la Mackenzie necessita per relaxar-se amb els seus amics. Però una boja nit de diversió acaba tràgicament amb dos assassin...

: El despertar
0/50 REVIEWSAction & Adventure$6.99
Scarlett no recuerda nada de cuando era pequeña: una extraña amnesia mantiene oculta su más temprana infancia. Hasta que un accidente provoca que empiece recuperar retazos dispersos de su...

: Silence
0/50 REVIEWSContemporary$9.99
Moments of Silence Series Oakley Farrell è chiusa nel silenzio da undici anni. All’età di cinque ha smesso di parlare, e nessuno sa perché, anche se l'ipotesi più probabile...

: Broken Silence. Tom 2
0/50 REVIEWSFiction$8.99
Od wyjazdu Oakley, jej mamy i brata do Australii minęły już cztery lata. Nieuchronnie jednak zbliża się data procesu sądowego i Oakley postanawia wrócić do Anglii, byostateczni...

: Together, Apart
0/50 REVIEWSRomance$9.99
A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's most popular YA authors.Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a cute piz...

: La cabaña
0/50 REVIEWSCrime & Mystery$6.99
Un fin de semana de juerga en una cabaña remota es justamente lo que Mackenzie necesita. Quiere divertirse a tope con sus amigos, lejos de los padres y las obligaciones. Pero tras una noche...

: El anónimo
0/50 REVIEWSAction & Adventure$4.99
Cuando Lylah y sus amigos recibieron el anónimo, lo tomaron a broma. ¿Un admirador secreto? Parecía una tontería por la que no merecía la pena preocuparse. Ese fue el pri...

: La huida
0/50 REVIEWSFictionPre-Order
En el pequeño pueblo de Piper y Hazel ya han desaparecido once jóvenes. Todos dicen que han huido, pero ellas no están tan seguras. Demasiadas desapariciones en un pueblo demasiado peque�...

: El sótano
0/50 REVIEWSComing of Age$11.99
Durante meses, Lily estará secuestrada en un sótano junto con otras tres chicas: Rosa, Amapola y Violeta. Perfectas y puras flores. Pero las flores no pueden sobrevivir por mucho tiempo si...

: Our Chance
4.5/5275 REVIEWSContemporary$3.99
Nell believes that no good can come from love. Her grandparents screwed it up, her parents screwed it up, so why would it be any different for her?Damon was happy to keep their r...

: The Cellar
4.5/5797 REVIEWSFiction$9.99
A gripping, ripped-from-the-headlines, #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Natasha Preston, author of The Cabin! Summer is trapped in a cellar with t...

: Silent Night
4.5/54,955 REVIEWSRomanceFree
Join Cole, Oakley and their family for Christmas day in this 7,000 word short story.

: El soterrani
0/50 REVIEWSAction & Adventure$5.99
L'has de conèixer per poder-te'n escapar. Quatre noies tancades per un segrestador. Elles són les seves flors, les seves perfectes i pures flors. Però, quant temps podran sob...

Best Seller Natasha Preston Audio Books of July 2021

: The Lost (Unabridged)
30 April 2019Kids & Young Adults$16.99
The queen of YA thrillers is back, and this time, it's a fight to survive.In Piper's hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assumes they're just a bunch of ru...

: The Lake (Unabridged)
02 March 2021Kids & Young Adults$19.99
The instant New York Times bestseller! Hot on the heels of The Twin, the undisputed queen of YA thrillers is back with a scary and s...

: The Cellar (Unabridged)
28 May 2014Kids & Young Adults$21.99
"Lily?" My stomach dropped as a tall, dark-haired man stepped into view. Had he been hiding between the trees? "No. Sorry." Gulping, I took a step back. "I'm not Lily." He shook his head, a ...

: Silence: Silence, Book 1 (Unabridged)
04 August 2015Fiction$13.99
For 11 years Oakley Farrell has been silent. At the age of five, she stopped talking, and no one seems to know why. Refusing to communicate beyond a few physical actions, Oakley remains in h...

: Players, Bumps and Cocktail Sausages: Silence, Book 3 (Unabridged)
04 August 2015Fiction$13.99
Putting his player ways behind him, Jasper Dane is now strictly a one-woman man. Jasper, desperate to start a family with his wife, Abby, is devastated when she puts their baby plans on hold...

: Together, Apart (Unabridged)
20 October 2020Kids & Young Adults$14.99
A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's most popular YA authors.Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a c...

: Awake (Unabridged)
20 August 2015Kids & Young Adults$17.99
Of course, the dress was white. This is what I'm supposed to die in, I thought. Not many people knew what their last outfit would be. I pulled it over my head. It fit me perfectly. It had lo...

: The Cabin: Booktrack Edition
12 June 2018Mysteries & Thrillers$19.99
This edition of The Cabin is enhanced with a musical soundtrack from Booktrack for an immersive listening experience! A New York Times bestseller! There may only be...

: Reliving Fate
13 July 2021Fiction$16.99
Murder. Guilt. Obsession.When Bella stumbles upon her dead sister’s diary, she sets out on a mission to find her sister’s killer, but it leads her to the wrong side of...

: You Will Be Mine
06 February 2018Kids & Young Adults$16.99
Roses are redViolets are blueWatch your backI'm coming for youLylah and her friends can't wait to spend a night ou...

: El sótano
10 December 2018Kids & Young Adults$14.99
Tienes que conocerle para escapar de él. Cuatro chicas encerradas por un secuestrador. Ellas son sus flores, sus perfectas y puras flores. Pero ¿cuánto tiempo podrán sobrevivir dentro...

: The Cabin
28 February 2017Mysteries & Thrillers$14.99
A New York Times best-seller! There may only be one killer, but no one is innocent in this new young adult thriller from Natasha Preston, author of The Cellar, a New York...

: The Twin (Unabridged)
03 March 2020Kids & Young Adults$19.99
The instant New York Times bestseller!In this twisty psychological thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE CELLAR, Ivy finds out tha...

: Broken Silence: Silence, Book 2 (Unabridged)
04 August 2015Fiction$13.99
It has been four years since Oakley, her mum, and her brother fled to Australia. With the trials looming, she makes the decision to return to England. Oakley is desperate for closure so she ...

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Natasha Preston Biography & Facts

Best Seller Natasha Preston Books of July 2021

Silence

Players, Bumps and Cocktail Sausages

Uwikłana

The Lost

The Twin

La fugida

El sótano

La noche en que todo cambió

Just Like the Movies

Broken Silence Tom 2

Uwięzione

Uprowadzone

La bessona

The Cabin

The Lake

Il giardiniere

The Fear

El anónimo (Edición mexicana)

You Will Be Mine (iBooks Edition)

El despertar

Awake

Będziesz moja

Waking up in Vegas

La gemela

Skrzywdzona

Broken Silence

La casa

The Twin - Geliebtes Schwesterlein

Read My Mind

La cave (Titre original : The Cellar)

Silence

Silence

Second Chance

Uwięzione

La cabanya

El despertar

Silence

Broken Silence. Tom 2

Together, Apart

La cabaña

El anónimo

La huida

El sótano

Our Chance

The Cellar

Silent Night

El soterrani

Best Seller Natasha Preston Audio Books of July 2021

The Lost (Unabridged)

The Lake (Unabridged)

The Cellar (Unabridged)

Silence: Silence, Book 1 (Unabridged)

Players, Bumps and Cocktail Sausages: Silence, Book 3 (Unabridged)

Together, Apart (Unabridged)

Awake (Unabridged)

The Cabin: Booktrack Edition

Reliving Fate

You Will Be Mine

El sótano

The Cabin

The Twin (Unabridged)

Broken Silence: Silence, Book 2 (Unabridged)