Sarah Henderson

Sarah Henderson is an Australian politician and former journalist. In 1982, she became a cadet reporter with Channel 7 in Melbourne. She went on to work with Channel 9 in Brisbane and then Channel 10 in Melbourne, where she presented the weekend news with Alister Paterson and then moved to ABC-TV as a presenter of the consumer advocacy program The Investigators.

Her media career included working as a presenter of the ABC's Holiday program (1992–1993), Australia's Most Wanted in 1994 and the Victorian presenter of The 7.30 Report in 1995. When The 7.30 Report became a national program in 1996, Ms Henderson continued working as the program's law correspondent and was also awarded a Walkley Award for her coverage of the Port Arthur massacre.

In 1998, she obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from Monash University and moved to a career in the law with the Melbourne firm Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks. Ms Henderson worked as an attorney for News Corporation and was a weekly columnist with the Herald Sun newspaper from 2002 to 2004. At the same time, she established the Kudos Management Group which led to business management roles with Network Ten and National Indigenous Television.

In 2009, Ms Henderson was chosen as the Liberal Party candidate for the federal seat of Corangamite but was defeated in the 2010 election. In 2012, Ms Henderson was pre-selected again as the Liberal Party's candidate for Corangamite at the 2013 federal election and she won the seat with a 4.6-point swing. Ms Henderson was the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Housing, and Disability under the Morrison government from February 2016 to August 2018. In June 2022, following the Liberal Party's defeat at the federal election, Ms Henderson became the Shadow Minister for Communications in the Dutton shadow ministry.