Gerard Henderson

Gerard Henderson
Born	1945 (age 71–72) Balwyn, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Author, columnist and political commentator
Nationality	Australian
Education	Xavier College
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Subject	Politics
Spouse	Anne Henderson

Gerard Henderson (born 1945) is an Australian author, columnist and political commentator. He founded and runs the Sydney Institute, a privately funded Australian current affairs forum.

As a commentator Henderson is generally on the conservative side of politics on issues such as industrial relations, national security and the Iraq War. His columns defended the former Howard government policy on Iraq and national security since the September 11 attacks. He has a particular interest in the history of the Catholic Church in Australia and the Communist Party of Australia.

Henderson attended the Jesuit Xavier College in Melbourne then studied arts and law at the University of Melbourne before completing a PhD. At the University of Melbourne, Henderson was President of the DLP (Democratic Labor Party) Club. Like other political clubs at the University of Melbourne during the 1960s the DLP Club was not affiliated with the political party of the same name, but supported DLP policies and hosted speeches by DLP parliamentarians on campus.

Henderson taught at Tasmania and La Trobe universities before working for four years on the staff of Kevin Newman in Malcolm Fraser's Coalition government. He moved to the Department of Industrial Relations in 1980; from 1984 to 1986 he was Chief-of-Staff to John Howard, during which time Howard was Deputy Leader, then Leader, of the Liberal Party of Australia.

The Keating government appointed Henderson to the board of the Australia Foundation for Culture and the Humanities. Later, the Howard government appointed him to the Foreign Affairs Council. He was one of the people invited to Kevin Rudd's Australia 2020 Summit held in April 2008.

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