Natalie Bennett Natalie Bennett Natalie Louise Bennett (born 10 February 1966) is a British politician and journalist who was born and raised in Australia. She led the Green Party of England and Wales from September 2012 to September 2016. She began her career as a journalist with regional newspapers in New South Wales before leaving in 1995 for Thailand, where she worked for Australian Volunteers International and the "Bangkok Post" newspaper over the next four years. Since settling in Britain in 1999 she has contributed to the "Guardian", "Independent" and "Times" newspapers. Her election as leader of the Greens came six years
Natalie Bennett Studies at the University of New England and Master of Arts (MA) in Mass Communication from the University of Leicester, graduating from the latter in 2001. She was the first member of her family to attend university. Bennett began her career in journalism in New South Wales, where she worked for various regional newspapers including the "Northern Daily Leader" in Tamworth. She left Australia in 1995, and lived for four years in Thailand where she worked for Australian Volunteers International in the Office of the National Commission of Women's Affairs, before moving to the "Bangkok Post" newspaper, where she was