Gerard Henderson was born on 1945 and is an Australian author, columnist and political commentator noted for his right-wing Catholic and conservative views.
12 Facts About Gerard Henderson
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Gerard Henderson founded and is the executive director of The Sydney Institute, a privately funded Australian current affairs forum.
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Gerard Henderson went on to study arts and law at the prestigeous University of Melbourne during the second half of the 1960s.
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Gerard Henderson taught at the Tasmania and La Trobe universities before working for four years on the staff of Kevin Newman in the Fraser government.
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Gerard Henderson 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.
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Gerard Henderson was one of the people invited to Kevin Rudd's Australia 2020 Summit held in April 2008.
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For several years, Gerard Henderson had a weekly column in The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Gerard Henderson writes "Media Watch Dog", a weekly compendium of media criticism, written from the perspective of a blue heeler named Nancy.
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In 1994, Gerard Henderson profiled former prime minister Bob Hawke for the ABC TV program Four Corners.
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Gerard Henderson was a regular political commentator on radio, and appeared occasionally on Insiders, another ABC TV program.
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In early 2020, Gerard Henderson was dropped from the show after new host David Speers reportedly wanted to try new conservative voices amid claims from sources in the ABC that Gerard Henderson failed to sufficiently engage with issues during panel discussions.
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Gerard Henderson has supported the movement for Australia to become a republic.