Anika Wells
AustraliapoliticianFemaleb. 19836.3Global Dominance: 0.01%Anika Wells is an Australian politician who serves as the Minister for Sport and has been an advocate for women's sports and gender equality. She publicly supported Sam Kerr during her recent legal troubles, emphasizing national backing for the footballer and highlighting issues related to race, privilege, and the treatment of women in society.
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Anika Wells is the communications minister who emphasized the government's expectations for ACMA's oversight of the BetStop register.
Anti-gambling register firm defends industry ties amid debt and tax woesAustralia· 2026-09-18
Anika Wells stated that the principle of 'duty of care' imposes basic standards on digital products.
أستراليا تمنح المستخدمين الأكبر سناً زمام وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي
United Arab Emirates· 2026-09-17
Communications Minister Anika Wells discussed the need for regulation in AI development during an interview.
Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton labels behaviour “unquestionably dangerous”Australia· 2026-09-13
Anika Wells is a federal MP who received threats against her and her family.
Inside the epidemic of abuse against female MPsAustralia· 2026-09-12
Anika Wells is the Communication Minister who supports the government's plan to regulate social media.
Is Labor’s plan to regulate social media algorithms world leading?Australia· 2026-09-11
Anika Wells is the Communications Minister and is a favorite of the prime minister.
Anthony Albanese’s team looks settledAustralia· 2026-09-11
Communications Minister Anika Wells said the government was 'delivering for journalists'.
Anthony Albanese strikes deal with opposition to secure payments from tech giantsAustralia· 2026-08-12Communications Minister Anika Wells said last week she was in talks with both the Coalition and the Greens about finding a deal.
What the Greens want to change in the government’s proposed sports betting legislationAustralia· 2026-08-09
Communications Minister Anika Wells said she would await the findings of the independent ombudsman.
Hancock Prospecting demands editorial changes following controversial segmentAustralia· 2026-08-08
Communications Minister Anika Wells welcomed the inquiry, saying it would inform the outdoor coverage obligation.
Your phone could switch networks when it loses coverage. Telstra says noAustralia· 2026-08-05
Communications Minister Anika Wells’ office has been contacted for the comment.
Anthony Albanese faces pressure to strengthen laws following alarming Senate inquiry testimonyAustralia· 2026-08-05
Opposition communications spokeswoman Sarah Henderson said that Communications Minister Anika Wells was not tough enough to put Australian media companies first.
News Corp says plan to make tech giants pay for news has been ‘gutted’Australia· 2026-08-03
Communications Minister Anika Wells said the increase in support for smaller and regional publishers recognised the challenges they faced and their importance to their local communities.
Government refines plan to force tech giants to pay for Australian journalismAustralia· 2026-08-02
Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells commented on the controversy, respecting the ABC's editorial independence.
Contestant Kate McGuinness apologises after Gina Rinehart comments spark ABC ombudsman reviewAustralia· 2026-07-30
Communications minister Anika Wells said the government welcomed the action and that Telegram needed to explain to Australian users.
eSafety Commissioner sues messaging app over failure to remove terrorist and extremist contentAustralia· 2026-07-30
Communications Minister Anika Wells welcomed the action by the independent regulator and said the alleged failures were serious.
Optus sued over Triple Zero outageAustralia· 2026-07-30
Communication Minister Anika Wells agreed to amendments urging tougher oversight of the government’s advertising rules.
Michelle Rowland raises elder abuse concerns as Labor pushes to expand telehealth accessAustralia· 2026-07-24
Communications Minister Anika Wells has a rule to avoid one-on-one meetings with sports betting executives.
Party’s $4 million in industry donations fuels debate over national reformAustralia· 2026-07-21
Anika Wells, the Communications Minister, condemned the disruption caused by the outage.
Why analysts believe the telco won't face a mass customer exodus despite Senate inquiryAustralia· 2026-07-15
Anika Wells is the Communications Minister mentioned in the context of parliamentary expenses.
Peter V’landys kicks off his NRL executive chairmanship experimentAustralia· 2026-07-15
Anika Wells is the minister overseeing the Department of Communications that will give evidence to the inquiry.
Senate inquiry to examine Telstra’s management of a device that was out of dateAustralia· 2026-07-12Anika Wells is the Communications Minister who expressed relief over the confirmation that a death linked to the outage was incorrect.
How the communications crisis unfolded and what can stop the same thing from happening againAustralia· 2026-07-10
Anika Wells, the Communications Minister, vowed the government would hold Telstra to account.
the cheap device that insiders believe triggered mass outageAustralia· 2026-07-10
Communications Minister Anika Wells rounded on Telstra on Wednesday, demanding 'total transparency' over the outages.
Telstra boss Vicki Brady says outage let customers, Australians downAustralia· 2026-07-10
Anika Wells is the Sports Minister who decided to skip the event hosted by Peter V’landys.
Anthony Albanese brings PMs from Tonga, Samoa and PNGAustralia· 2026-07-09
Communications Minister Anika Wells, who cut short her leave to deal with the crisis, said there was 'a reason that telcos are the least trusted industry in Australia – it is days like today'.
Telco hit by fresh Triple Zero fault hours after services were restoredAustralia· 2026-07-08Communications Minister Anika Wells confirmed that dozens of welfare checks were underway due to the outage.
Telstra outage was minimised by telco. They broke the #1 rule of disaster response.Australia· 2026-07-08
Federal Sports Minister Anika Wells has yet to confirm whether she’ll make the trip north to support the nation’s athletes.
David Sharaz National Press Club ban after GetUp Pauline Hanson stuntAustralia· 2026-07-07
Communications Minister Anika Wells argued the proposed laws for streaming were stronger than current settings.
Streaming platforms to show unlimited gambling ads under Labor’s new lawsAustralia· 2026-07-03
Anika Wells is the Communications and Sport Minister who is under scrutiny for her handling of gambling advertising issues.
PM is taking a big punt on gambling ads. It may be a losing ticketAustralia· 2026-07-02