From left: Professor Tony Smith and Professor Natasha Stott Despoja. Image: ANU (left) and supplied (right)
From left: Professor Tony Smith and Professor Natasha Stott Despoja. Image: ANU ( left ) and supplied ( right ) - Two of Australia's most respected political leaders and advocates for democracy and equality have joined The Australian National University (ANU). Former Democrats Leader and United Nations Treaty Expert Member Natasha Stott Despoja, and former Speaker of the House of Representatives Tony Smith have been appointed Professors in the Practice of Politics. Their ANU roles will be part-time. Both will be based at the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, where they will undertake research, teaching and a range of engagement activities for the next three years. ANU Professors in the Practice offer students and staff unrivalled access and mentoring from some of the nation's leading practitioners and thinkers across a range of areas vital to Australia, including politics, policymaking, economics, defence and security, and technology. Professor Stott Despoja is an independent expert on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, a four-year appointment she took up in January 2021.
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