Alister Henskens portrait
Alister Henskens portrait
Alister Henskens portrait
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Penny Lancaster

Dance
8 Apr 2026
Penny Lancaster has spent decades in the Wahroonga electorate contributing to the dance community by developing thousands of young dancers and teachers.
The Wahroonga electorate has a very vibrant Roman Catholic community, including many outstanding Catholic schools. I have had the pleasure to meet on many occasions the Roman Catholic Bishop responsible for my electorate, Anthony Randazzo, whom I have found from the deep conversations we have shared to be a very intelligent man.
I was very sad to hear of the recent passing of Ann O'Donovan, a long‑serving member of the Ku-ring-gai SES unit. Ann served in the SES for around 32 years in field operations, incident management and community engagement.

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