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Anika Wells

Anika Wells is the Australian Labor Party MP for Lilley. First elected 18 May 2019.

2019 Won Lilley, entered parliament
2022 Appointed assistant minister
2024 Became Aged Care Minister
2019 May 2026
  1. 2019 Won Lilley, entered parliament
  2. 2022 Appointed assistant minister
  3. 2024 Became Aged Care Minister
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Health, care & disability 10
  • Budget, tax & economy 2
  • Work & employment 2
  • Welfare & housing 2
  • Education & skills 2

Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.

How do they vote?

Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.

  • Labor 100%
  • Greens 66%
  • Coalition 22%
  • One Nation 4%

440 tracked votes while with Labor.

How do they compare?

  • Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 7.1 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
  • Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 0 avg 0.6 26
  • Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 13 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 7.9 226
Where their votes sit, left to right i Built from votes alone: party members sit at their party's mark and move only by votes cast against their own party toward a neighbouring one. Independents are placed by their side on the votes where the parties disagreed.
Anika Greens Labor Coalition One Nation

The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.

What have they done lately?

In late June and early July 2026, Wells spoke in favour of social-media minimum-age enforcement, arguing for stronger powers and penalties to protect children. She also supported gambling reform and the BetStop levy bill, saying gambling companies should fund the system. On 14 May, she supported telecommunications safeguards in debate but voted No on a division condemning the government’s handling of regional telecommunications; that division was defeated 42-96.

When do they vote against their party?

Anika recorded no votes against the Labor position across 440 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

30 tracked speeches across 25 bills.

  • 30 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 0 against
  • 0 no clear position

About these numbers

Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.

Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.