Natalie Bennett chief foreign sub-editor. She settled in the United Kingdom in 1999, and said in a 2013 interview for the Australian "Inside Story" website about the country of her birth: "I can’t imagine going there by choice." In Britain, Bennett has written for "The Guardian"s "Comment is Free" section since 2006. Bennett was also a blogger. She was deputy editor and then editor of "The Guardian Weekly" from December 2007 until March 2012. She has also worked for the London-based "Independent" and "Times" newspapers. In 2012, she took voluntary redundancy and left journalism. Natalie Bennett joined the Green Party on 1
Natalie Bennett after she joined the party in January 2006. Bennett was born on 10 February 1966 in Eastwood, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, the daughter of John and Joy Bennett. She was born to working class teenage parents: a part-time secretary and an apprentice carpenter. Her mother was killed in a car crash in 1989. Having been awarded a scholarship, she was educated at MLC School, an independent day school for girls in Burwood, New South Wales. She then took the degrees of Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgrSc Hons) at the University of Sydney, Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) in Asian