18 Facts About Natasha Griggs

Natasha Louise Griggs was born on 24 January 1969 and is an Australian former politician and the administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories from 2017 to 2022.

Natasha Griggs sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.

Natasha Griggs was re-elected at the 2013 federal election, but lost her seat to Labor candidate Luke Gosling at the 2016 federal election.

Natasha Griggs was born in Adelaide, moved to the Northern Territory when she was four weeks old and attended primary and secondary schools in Alice Springs before moving to Darwin in 1987 to complete a Bachelor of Business at the Northern Territory University.

Natasha Griggs started her working life in the Northern Territory government in the IT sector.

In 2002 Natasha Griggs was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, undergoing six months of intensive treatment.

Natasha Griggs remains an advocate for charities and NGO's focused around cancer prevention, research and treatment.

Beyond this, Natasha Griggs has long been a prominent advocate for community and non-profit organisations, raising $30,000 and being named the Territory's leading fundraiser in 1992.

Natasha Griggs stood as an Alderman in 2008 and won election to the Palmerston City Council, during which she was elected by her colleagues to the position of deputy mayor.

Natasha Griggs therefore became the first opposition member in the seat's history.

Natasha Griggs became the first female member of the House of Representatives to represent the Northern Territory.

Natasha Griggs sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.

Between 2010 and 2013 Natasha Griggs was a member of three parliamentary committees: the House of Representatives Standing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Committee, the Joint Standing National Capital and External Territories Committee and the Joint Select Australia's Immigration Detention Network Committee.

Natasha Griggs was re-elected with a reduced two-party margin of 1.4 percent at the 2013 election as the Coalition won government.

Natasha Griggs was one of the founding members of Riding for the Disabled NT.

Natasha Griggs was a supporter of Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister Tony Abbott and supported the latter in the party's leadership spill against him in September 2015.

Natasha Griggs made national headlines two weeks out from the 2016 election after physically taking exception to being filmed on a smartphone at a public local community event.

Natasha Griggs was appointed the Administrator of the Territories of Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands on 5 October 2017.