in 1982, with her honours thesis exploring "the hypothesis that multinational companies invested in developing countries for their own profit".

[3] At the 1989 Western Australian state election, Margetts stood as a candidate for the Alternative Coalition, a precursor to the Greens, in the seat of Fremantle.

In 1991, Margetts stood as a candidate for the mayor of Perth in the local government elections, earning 9.5% of the vote.

This was completed and approved in 2013, "A Critique of Australia's National Competition Policy: Assessing its outcomes in a range of major sectors".

[citation needed] In 2012 Margetts was interviewed by Mary Anne Jebb for the Old Parliament House oral history project.