Sarah Henderson — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

Sarah Moya Henderson (born 4 April 1964) is an Australian politician, lawyer and former journalist. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2019, as a member of the Liberal Party. She was previously the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Corangamite from 2013 to 2019.

Adapted and shortened from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Place of birth: Geelong, Australia
APH identifier: ZN4

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

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Ben Small · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Garth Hamilton · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Garth Hamilton · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Aaron Violi · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Kerrynne Liddle · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Simon Kennedy · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Leah Blyth · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)

Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

17 February 2026–presentShadow Minister — for — Communications and Digital Safety
17 February 2026–presentShadow Cabinet Minister
12 February 2023–28 May 2025Shadow Minister — for — Education
5 June 2022–12 February 2023Shadow Minister — for — Communications
5 June 2022–28 May 2025Shadow Cabinet Minister
28 August 2018–29 May 2019Assistant Minister — for — Social Services, Housing and Disability Services
12 February 2015–9 May 2016Member of the Speaker's Panel
Date not recordedMember — of the — Coalition Backbench Policy Committee on Agriculture, Water Resources, Drought and Environment

Committee service

3 February 2021–1 August 2022Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References — Deputy Chair
2 February 2021–2 February 2021Senate Select — COVID-19 — Substitute member
7 October 2020–18 December 2020Senate Select — Tobacco Harm Reduction
13 November 2019–11 April 2022Joint Select — Implementation of the National Redress Scheme
15 October 2019–13 May 2021Joint Statutory — Human Rights — Chair
14 October 2019–1 August 2022Senate Standing — Publications

Qualifications

Date not recordedLLB(Hons)

Occupations

1 January 2011–1 January 2011Senior Consultant at Clifton Group, 2011.
1 January 2008–1 January 2009Head of Business Affairs at National Indigenous Television from 2008 to 2009.
1 January 2004–1 January 2006Network Business Manager (Programming) at Network Ten from 2004 to 2006.
1 January 2002–1 January 2004Principal at Kudos Management from 2002 to 2004.
1 January 2001–1 January 2002Articled clerk and solicitor at Allens Arthur Robinson (formerly Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks) from 2001 to 2002.
1 January 1999–1 January 2000Attorney at News Corporation, New York (US) from 1999 to 2000.

Current parliamentary service

2022 — PresentElected to the Senate for Victoria, 2022.Source
2019 — 2022Chosen by the Parliament of Victoria 11.9.2019 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that state in the Senate, vice the Hon. M Fifield (resigned).Source
2016 — 2019Re-elected 2016. Defeated at general elections, 2019.Source
2013 — 2016Elected to the House of Representatives for Corangamite, Victoria, 2013.Source

Sources and methodology

Parliament of AustraliaBiography and official service history.WikipediaBiography and official service history.They Vote For YouVoting attendance and party-rebellion measures.WikidataIdentity, membership and parliamentary information.WikipediaPublic reporting used for the faction classification.WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.