This was after Professor Deborah Ralston vacated that position when she was appointed to the federal government's three person Retirement Income Review panel.
He was a regular columnist for The Advertiser's Saturday supplement, SA Weekend (Feb 2009-Nov 2021) He was awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal.
He is a graduate of the Murray-Darling Leadership Program and has served on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Sustainable Systems and Technology at the University of South Australia.
[2] While acting as a Staff-elected Director of the ABC from 2000 to 2002[2] he worked with the board to obtain $70 million extra funding.
Henschke completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with an Honours in English Language & Literature and has a Diploma of Education from the University of Adelaide.
It was screened on ABCTV and BBC World and won the Grenoble International Film Festival Jury Prize in 2000.