Gerard Henderson is executive director of The Sydney Institute and writes a weekly column for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the West Australian.

He is the author of numerous articles and books including Mr Santamaria and the Bishops (Hale & Iremonger, 1982 edition) and Menzies' Child: The Liberal Party of Australia (Harper Collins, 1998 edition) and appears regularly on ABC Radio National Breakfast and the ABC TV Insiders
program.