New patrons for the NHSSA / Wombats SA

We are delighted and honoured to announce the appointment of Dr Ken Henry AC and Naomi Henry as Patrons of the Natural History Society SA / Wombats SA.

Dr Ken Henry AC is the current Chair of the Nature Finance Council, the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation and Wildlife Recovery Australia as well as a director of Accounting for Nature Ltd. Ken served as the Secretary to the Treasury from 2001 to 2011. He chaired the Howard Government’s tax review taskforce in 1997-98, the Rudd Government’s tax review, the “Henry Tax Review” published in 2010, and the Gillard Government’s White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century (2011 and 2012). In 2022-23, he led the review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act (NSW). He is a recipient of the Centenary Medal and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2007.

Naomi Henry is a former Director of The Wombat Foundation, a not-for-profit conservation organisation dedicated to the preservation and recovery of the critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat. The Wombat Foundation has been instrumental in bringing back the near-extinct population of the northern hairy-nosed wombat, which numbered just 35 individuals in 1980 and over 400 today. Naomi is a former member of the Council of Voiceless, the animal protection institute, and has been a dedicated wildlife carer with the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned Australian wildlife.

Ken and Naomi Henry are strong advocates for the conservation of Australian wildlife, animal rescue, an end to logging native forests and a sustainable future under climate change.

We very much look forward to their Patronage.

Gary Taylor.
President NHSSA