Alister Henskens portrait
Alister Henskens portrait
Alister Henskens portrait
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I congratulate three outstanding athletes and former members of Ku-ring-gai Little Athletics who have been selected to represent Australia at the 2026 World U20 Championships in Oregon this August.
Computer Pals for Seniors Turramurra is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. What started with a small notice in The North Shore Times resulted in 30 people attending their first meeting in Turramurra Library.

GoodSAM

GoodSAM
6 May 2026
Today I speak about a program called GoodSAM, which is quite literally saving lives across our State. Each year more than 9,000 people in New South Wales experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Every minute without CPR reduces their chance of survival by up to 10 per cent.

About Alister

Alister Henskens SC MP is the Member for Wahroonga in the Legislative Assembly of the NSW Parliament (formerly named Ku-ring-gai). He has been the local Member since he was elected on 28th March 2015.

Alister has entered public service through Parliament after a successful career as a Sydney Barrister since 1996.

Portrait of Alister Henskens