Born to Run/Jesse's Town Australian Story : Season 2 Episode 17

Born to Run Comedian, actor and lampooner of politicians, Gerry Connolly introduces the story of the youngest woman ever elected to Federal Parliament. She's twenty seven year old Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, a Democrat from South Australia. In a year that's further entrenched public cynicism about politics and politicians, most notably with the Senator Woods affair and the Mal Colston affair, she seems to represent a new breed and a new approach. But to what extent is she having to compromise her professed ideals to succeed in a Parliament dominated by middle aged ...