Editing Natasha Stott Despoja (section)

==Post-political career==
Stott Despoja has been a casual host on [[ABC Radio Adelaide]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Natasha Stott Despoja|url=http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s3297703.htm?site=adelaide?site=adelaide|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314071621/http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s3297703.htm?site=adelaide%3Fsite%3Dadelaide|archive-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> a guest panellist on [[Network Ten|Channel 10]]'s ''[[The Project (Australian TV program)|The Project]]'' and a columnist for the Australian business news website ''[[Business Spectator]]''.<ref>Business Spectator (2010). [http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/filterSpectatorsc?openview&restricttocategory=Natasha%20Stott%20Despoja The Spectators: Natasha Stott-Despoja] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523001309/http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/filterSpectatorsc?openview&restricttocategory=Natasha%20Stott%20Despoja |date=23 May 2010 }}. Retrieved 21 June 2010.</ref> She has also been a columnist for ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'' and an [[honorary fellow|honorary visiting research fellow]] at the University of Adelaide.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|website=Natasha Stott Despoja|title=Natasha Stott Despoja AM: Biography|url=http://natashastottdespoja.com/about|access-date=11 April 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209090356/http://natashastottdespoja.com/about| archive-date= 9 Feb 2018}}</ref>

She was on the board of the [[Burnet Institute]] (Australia's largest virology and communicable disease research institute) from 2008 until December 2013.<ref name="afwag"/> On 21 July 2015, Stott Despoja returned to the Burnet Institute as a patron.<ref>Morgan, Angus (21 July 2015) [https://www.burnet.edu.au/news/546_natasha_stott_despoja_returns_to_burnet "Natasha Stott Despoja returns to Burnet"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723171223/https://www.burnet.edu.au/news/546_natasha_stott_despoja_returns_to_burnet |date=23 July 2015 }}.  Burnet Institute News. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> She was no longer a patron by May 2023.<ref>{{cite web | title=Patrons + Ambassadors | website=Burnet Institute | url=https://www.burnet.edu.au/people-of-burnet/patrons-plus-ambassadors/ | access-date=2 July 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518074228/https://burnet.edu.au/people-of-burnet/patrons-plus-ambassadors/| archive-date= 18 May 2023| url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2010, she taught a course at winter school at the University of Adelaide with former foreign minister [[Alexander Downer]], called "The Practice of Australian Politics".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/print37861.html|publisher=University of Adelaide|title=Political heavyweights to deliver uni lectures|date=3 February 2010|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gibson|first=Candy|title=Winter School gets political|url=http://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/38082/news38126.html|publisher=The University of Adelaide|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223945/http://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/38082/news38126.html|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

She was a board member of non-profit organisations the [[South Australian Museum]] from 2009 to 2013;<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|title=Museum Board|url=http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/about/management/museum-board|publisher=South Australian Museum|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317060155/http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/about/management/museum-board|archive-date=17 March 2015}}</ref> the [[Museum of Australian Democracy]] from 2010 to 2013;<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|title=Advisory Council|url=http://moadoph.gov.au/about/advisory-council/|publisher=Museum of Australian Democracy|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731013530/http://moadoph.gov.au/about/advisory-council/|archive-date=31 July 2013}}</ref> and the Advertising Standards Board from 2008 to 2013.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|title=Retirees from Ad Standards Board|url=http://blog.adstandards.com.au/2013/06/retirees-from-ad-standards-board/|publisher=Advertising Standards Bureau|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704071515/http://blog.adstandards.com.au/2013/06/retirees-from-ad-standards-board/|archive-date=4 July 2013}}</ref> She was a deputy chair at [[beyondblue]], Australia's national depression initiative.<ref>Business Spectator (28 Dec 2009) [http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Natasha-Stott-Despoja-pd20091215-YR65G 'A New Year, A New Leader?: Natasha Stott Despoja Interview'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824155312/http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Natasha-Stott-Despoja-pd20091215-YR65G |date=24 August 2010 }}. Retrieved 29 July 2010.</ref>

She has been an ambassador for Ovarian Cancer Australia,<ref>{{cite web|title=About us Natasha Stott Despoja|url=http://www.ovariancancer.net.au/about-us/national-state-territory-ambassadors/natasha-stott-despoja/|publisher=Ovarian Cancer Australia|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421094454/http://ovariancancer.net.au/about-us/national-state-territory-ambassadors/natasha-stott-despoja/|archive-date=21 April 2013}}</ref> The Orangutan Project;<ref>{{cite web|title=Natasha Stott Despoja, Ian Smith and son Conrad join as ambassadors|url=http://www.orangutan.org.au/home-page-announcements/natasha-stott-despoja-ian-smith-and-son-conrad-join-as-ambassadors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328115030/http://www.orangutan.org.au/home-page-announcements/natasha-stott-despoja-ian-smith-and-son-conrad-join-as-ambassadors|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2013|publisher=The Orangutan Project|access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> [[Cancer Australia]];<ref name=bio/> secondbite;<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrons and Ambassadors|url=http://secondbite.org/our-ambassadors|publisher=SecondBite|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501112300/http://secondbite.org/our-ambassadors|archive-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> and the [[HIV/AIDS]] anti-stigma campaign, ENUF (along with her husband [[Ian Smith (lobbyist)|Ian Smith]]).<ref>{{cite news|last=Magnusson|first=Michael|title=Natasha Stott Despoja joins ENUF|url=http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/news-2/10533-natasha-stott-despoja-joins-enuf.html|access-date=19 July 2013|newspaper=Gay News Network|date=13 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217021411/http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/news-2/10533-natasha-stott-despoja-joins-enuf.html|archive-date=17 February 2013}}</ref>

In July 2013, Stott Despoja was the founding chair of [[Our Watch]],<ref name=MUP>{{cite web|url=https://www.mup.com.au/authors/natasha-stott-despoja|publisher= Melbourne University Press|title=Natasha Stott Despoja|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> originally named Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and their Children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preventviolence.org.au/ |title=Home|website=Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and their Children, Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728083355/http://www.preventviolence.org.au/ |archive-date=28 July 2013|url-status=dead }}</ref> She left the position in July 2021,<ref name=board>{{cite web | title=Board of Directors | website=Our Watch | date=8 April 2022 | url=https://www.ourwatch.org.au/about-us/board-of-directors/ | access-date=11 October 2022 | archive-date=28 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528233221/https://www.ourwatch.org.au/about-us/board-of-directors/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> and was appointed life patron in August 2022.<ref>{{cite web | title=Patrons | website= Our Watch | url=https://www.ourwatch.org.au/about-us/patrons/ | access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref> Our Watch is a joint initiative of the [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n and [[Government of Australia|Commonwealth Government]]s, based in [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourwatch.org.au/|title=Home page|website=Our Watch|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> It is an independent non-profit organisation that is now jointly funded by all [[states and territories of Australia]], after the [[New South Wales Government]] was the last state government to join the organisation in 2019.<ref name=nsw2019>{{cite news | title=NSW's New Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence Commits to Joining Our Watch | website=Mirage News | date=9 May 2019 | url=https://www.miragenews.com/nsw-s-new-minister-for-prevention-of-domestic-violence-commits-to-joining-our-watch/ | access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>

Foreign minister [[Julie Bishop]] announced the appointment of Stott Despoja as Australia's new Ambassador for Women and Girls in December 2013,<ref name="afwag">{{cite news | title=Former Democrats senator Natasha Stott Despoja Australia's new ambassador for women and girls | date=16 December 2013 | access-date=16 December 2013 | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-democrats-senator-natasha-stott-despoja-australias-new-ambassador-for-women-and-girls-20131216-2zfub.html | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218161911/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-democrats-senator-natasha-stott-despoja-australias-new-ambassador-for-women-and-girls-20131216-2zfub.html#ixzz2nbXwtPWG | archive-date=18 December 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> 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.<ref name=bio/>

Stott Despoja has also been an election observer for the US-based [[National Democratic Institute]] in Nigeria (2011);<ref>{{cite web|title=Nigerian Elections Hold the Promise of Setting New Integrity Standard, NDI Mission Finds|url=http://www.ndi.org/node/17512|publisher=National Democratic Institute|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707164053/http://www.ndi.org/node/17512|archive-date=7 July 2013}}</ref> visited [[Burkina Faso]] for [[Oxfam]] (2012);<ref>{{cite web|title=Natasha Stott Despoja in Burkina Faso with Oxfam to meet families affected by the West Africa food crisis|url=https://www.oxfam.org.au/media/2012/08/natasha-stott-despoja-in-burkina-faso-with-oxfam-to-meet-families-affected-by-the-west-africa-food-crisis/|publisher=Oxfam Australia|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030063417/https://www.oxfam.org.au/media/2012/08/natasha-stott-despoja-in-burkina-faso-with-oxfam-to-meet-families-affected-by-the-west-africa-food-crisis/|archive-date=30 October 2017}}</ref> and went to [[Laos]] (2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Natasha Stott Despoja AM reflects on her recent trip to Laos|url=http://www.burnet.edu.au/news/21_natasha_stott_despoja_am_reflects_on_her_recent_trip_to_laos|publisher=Burnet Institute|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321095149/http://www.burnet.edu.au/news/21_natasha_stott_despoja_am_reflects_on_her_recent_trip_to_laos|archive-date=21 March 2012}}</ref> and Burma (2013)<ref>{{cite news|last=Turnbull|first=Jeff|title=Natasha Stott Despoja meets her political hero Aung San Suu Kyi|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/natasha-stott-despoja-meets-her-political-hero-aung-san-suu-kyi/story-e6frea83-1226572949353|access-date=19 July 2013|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=7 February 2013}}</ref> with The Burnet Institute. She was mentioned in June 2014 as a possible replacement for [[Kevin Scarce]] as the next [[Governor of South Australia]],<ref>[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/highflying-women-in-the-mix-to-be-sas-next-governor/story-fni6uo1m-1226947012229 High-flying women in the mix to be SA's next Governor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609092523/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/highflying-women-in-the-mix-to-be-sas-next-governor/story-fni6uo1m-1226947012229 |date=9 June 2014 }} ''The Advertiser'', 7 June 2014.</ref> however [[Hieu Van Le]] was chosen.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-26/hieu-van-le-appointed-sa-governor/5552004?section=sa Hieu Van Le to be next SA Governor, from war-torn Vietnam to vice-regal post] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712144654/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-26/hieu-van-le-appointed-sa-governor/5552004?section=sa |date=12 July 2015 }} ABC 26 June 2014</ref>

In April 2019 Stott Despoja was on the advisory board of the Australian Privacy Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=APF Advisory Panel Bios|url=http://www.privacy.org.au/About/AP-Bios.html|publisher=Australian Privacy Foundation|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518090223/http://www.privacy.org.au/About/AP-Bios.html|archive-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> and the Global Women's Institute Leadership Council.<ref name=bio/>

In November 2020, she was elected to the UN [[Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women]], becoming the first Australian member in 28 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-09|title=Former Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja elected to UN women's committee|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-10/natasha-stott-despoja-elected-to-un-cedaw-committee/12866484|access-date=2020-11-11|website=ABC News|language=en-AU}}</ref>

In 2022, she delivered the [[Hugh Stretton Oration]] at the University of Adelaide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hugh Stretton Oration |website=Stretton Institute  |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/policy-engagement/hugh-stretton-oration#2022-australia-fair-is-the-playing-field-fair-for-women-and-girls-natasha-stott-despoja-ao |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>

In March 2024, Stott Despoja was appointed as South Australia's Royal Commissioner into Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-04/natasha-stott-despoja-sa-domestic-violence-royal-commission/103542112 |title=Former senator Natasha Stott Despoja to lead South Australia's domestic violence royal commission |date=4 March 2024 |work=ABC News |access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> after the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence had been announced by Premier [[Peter Malinauskas]] in December 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Lim | first=Josephine | title=South Australia to hold royal commission into family and domestic violence | website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] | date=13 December 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-13/sa-royal-commission-into-domestic-violence-announced/103221850 | access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref> On 1 July 2024, she began her role as [[Royal commission|royal commissioner]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Boscaini | first=Joshua | title=Natasha Stott Despoja starts role as SA domestic, family violence and sexual violence royal commissioner | website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] | date=1 July 2024 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-01/domestic-violence-royal-commission-sa-begins/104042420 | access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref>