Business Sydney
Launch of National Skills Week in NSW | with THE HON ALISTER HENSKENS SC MP
Minister for Skills and Training, and Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where
NSW Parliament House
Registration
Business Sydney Members & Guests
National Skills Week is an initiative of SkillsOne. Now moving into its twelfth year, National Skills Week will again set out to bring to life the positive messages, highlighting the talents, the skills, the career pathways and the value of apprentices and trainees across Australia to the wider public and employers. The week is dedicated to raising the status of practical and vocational learning.
At this reception, Minister Henskens launched National Skills Week in NSW and we heard from some of the delegates for WorldSkills Australia and TAFE students showcased their skills.
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Special Guest
THE HON ALISTER HENSKENS SC MP
Minister for Skills and Training, and Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology
Alister Henskens is the Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology and Minister for Skills and Training in the NSW Government and is the Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly. He was elected as the State Member for Ku-ring-gai in 2015.
Alister has served as the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services, Cabinet Secretary, Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and as Chair of several Parliamentary Committees, including the Transport and Infrastructure Committee.
Alister’s family have lived in the Ku-ring-gai area since 1996. He was born, raised and schooled in Newcastle.
Prior to entering politics, Alister was a lawyer for 27 years, first as a solicitor and then as a barrister and was appointed as a Senior Counsel in 2011. Alister worked principally in the areas of general commercial, insolvency, banking, defamation, and building and construction law.
Alister holds a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney and a Master of Laws from the University of Toronto, Canada, where he studied under a Rotary Foundation Scholarship.