The Hon Anika Wells MP

Minister for Sport, Anika Wells, has appointed former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins AO as Chair of the Australian Sports Commission for a five-year term.

The importance of older Australians maintaining their health, wellbeing and sense of identity through aged care accommodation design has been recognised by the Albanese Government.

The Albanese Labor Government has worked hard to improve the quality of life for older Australians. We have put nurses back into nursing homes, given residents more time with their carers, lifted wages in the sector and improved transparency and accountability.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Minister Wells' press conference on peak health bodies joining the Government fight against vaping; aged care; AstraZeneca.

New data reveals that under the Albanese Government, older Australians in aged care homes are now receiving historic levels of care.

Read Minister Wells' statement on the new Aged Care Act.

Applications for the Albanese Government’s $200 million Play Our Way program are now open – supporting local governments and community, not-for-profit and sporting organisations to deliver projects that make sport more welcoming and equitable for women and girls.

The Australian Government is today releasing the Aged Care Taskforce’s Final Report, an important next step towards delivering a sustainable aged care system that provides high quality care to all Australians now and into the future.

Read the transcript from Minister Wells' press conference about the Aged Care Taskforce's final report.

Older Australians and their families can now see how much aged care services are spending on their care, food, wages and more as the Albanese Government continues to improve the sector.