Minister for Aged Care

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Minister for Aged Care
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Incumbent
Anika Wells
since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Department of Health and Aged Care
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder Peter Morris
(as Minister for Housing and Aged Care)
Formation19 January 1988 (1988-01-19)
Website www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-anika-wells-mp

The Minister for Aged Care is a position in the Australian cabinet responsible for oversight of aged care in Australia alongside the Minister for Health and Aged Care. The incumbent Minister is Labor MP Anika Wells.

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In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Health and Aged Care is the senior minister in providing direction and oversight of the Department of Health and Aged Care. The Minister for Aged Care assists in this administration.

List of ministers for aged care

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Aged Care, or any of its precedent titles. Ministers for aged care or ageing were appointed from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2013. The portfolio gained a mental health component in 2010. The latter returned to the health portfolio in 2013, with ageing moving to social services. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, or any of its precedent titles: [1] The Turnbull government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015. The position, since January 2017, is a separate outer ministry role that supplements the cabinet role of the Minister for Health and Aged Care. [2]

OrderMinisterPartyPrime MinisterTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Peter Morris   Labor Hawke Minister for Housing and Aged Care19 January 198815 February 198827 days
2 Peter Staples 15 February 19887 May 19905 years, 64 days
Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services7 May 199020 December 1991
Keating 20 December 199124 March 1993
3 Bronwyn Bishop Liberal Howard Minister for Aged Care21 October 199826 November 20013 years, 36 days
4 Kevin Andrews Minister for Ageing26 November 20017 October 20031 year, 315 days
5 Julie Bishop 7 October 200327 January 20062 years, 112 days
6 Santo Santoro 27 January 200621 March 20071 year, 53 days
7 Christopher Pyne 21 March 20073 December 2007257 days
8 Justine Elliot Labor Rudd 3 December 200728 June 20102 years, 207 days
9 Mark Butler Gillard Minister for Mental Health and Ageing28 June 20101 July 20133 years, 3 days
10 Jacinta Collins Rudd 1 July 201318 September 201379 days
11 Sussan Ley  Liberal Turnbull Minister for Aged Care30 September 201519 July 20161 year, 105 days
Minister for Health and Ageing 19 July 201613 January 2017
(acting) Arthur Sinodinos [3] 13 January 201724 January 201711 days
12 Ken Wyatt Minister for Aged Care24 January 201728 August 20182 years, 125 days
Morrison Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care28 August 201829 May 2019
13 Richard Colbeck Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians29 May 201922 December 20202 years, 359 days
Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services22 December 202023 May 2022
(9)Mark Butler  Labor Albanese Minister for Health and Aged Care 1 June 2022Incumbent1 year, 274 days
14 Anika Wells Minister for Aged Care

List of assistant ministers

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Health and Aged Care § Health and aged care.[ edit ]

The following individual has been appointed as Assistant Ministers of Health and Aged Care, or any of its precedent titles: [4]

OrderMinisterPartyPrime MinisterTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Christopher Pyne   Liberal Howard Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing30 January 2007 (2007-01-30)21 March 2007 (2007-03-21)50 days
2 Ken Wyatt Liberal Turnbull Assistant Minister for Health30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)1 year, 110 days
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)
3 David Gillespie Nationals Assistant Minister for Health24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)20 December 2017 (2017-12-20)330 days
4 Ged Kearney   Labor Albanese Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)Incumbent1 year, 274 days

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References

  1. ↑ "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". Parliament of Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ministerial Arrangements - House of Representatives Hansard". Parliament of Australia. 7 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Stephanie (18 January 2017). "Greg Hunt announced as Sussan Ley's replacement as Health Minister". ABC News . Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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