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Article: Fed: Celebrity status followed Stott Despoja's leadership
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- August 21, 2002
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Fed: Celebrity status followed Stott Despoja's leadership
By Fiona Hamilton
CANBERRA, Aug 21 AAP - Like Madonna, Natasha Stott Despoja is known
simply by her first
name, the result of a well-crafted media image.
But her celebrity status did not make for a stable, united party
and did not stop her
leadership of the Australian Democrats from crashing down.
Senator Stott Despoja turns 33 next month and was Australia's youngest
female politician
when she filled a Senate casual vacancy caused by the resignation
of her mentor John Coulter
in 1995 at the age of 26.
She was the bright young thing who exploited every opportunity
for party and personal
publicity ...