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Minister for Aged Care and Seniors

Australian ministerial position

Field	Value
post	Minister for Aged Care and Seniors
insignia	Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg
insigniacaption	Commonwealth Coat of Arms
flag	Flag of Australia (converted).svg
flagcaption	Flag of Australia
flagborder	yes
incumbent	Sam Rae
incumbentsince
appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
inaugural	Peter Morris
(as Minister for Housing and Aged Care)
formation
department	Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
website

(as Minister for Housing and Aged Care)

The Minister for Aged Care and Seniors is a position in the Australian Government responsible for oversight of aged care in Australia alongside the Minister for Health and Ageing, who is the senior minister providing direction and oversight of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. The incumbent Minister for Aged Care and Seniors is Labor MP Sam Rae, serving since 13 May 2025.

List of ministers for aged care

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, 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: The Turnbull government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015. The position is a separate role that supplements the cabinet role of the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Between January 2017 and January 2025, it was an outer ministry role. The role was briefly made a Cabinet of Australia role in the first Albanese ministry from January to May 2025, before it returned to the outer ministry in May 2025 with the swearing-in of the second Albanese ministry.

Order	Minister	Party	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Peter Morris		Labor	Hawke	Minister for Housing and Aged Care
2	Peter Staples	Labor}}			****
Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services
Keating
3	Bronwyn Bishop		Liberal	Howard	Minister for Aged Care
4	Kevin Andrews		Minister for Ageing
5	Julie Bishop
6	Santo Santoro
7	Christopher Pyne				days
8	Justine Elliot		Labor	Rudd
9	Mark Butler		Gillard	Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
10	Jacinta Collins		Rudd			days
11	Sussan Ley	Liberal}}	Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Aged Care
Minister for Health and Ageing
(acting)	Arthur Sinodinos
12	Ken Wyatt	Minister for Aged Care
Morrison	Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care
13	Richard Colbeck	Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians
Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services
(9)	Mark Butler	Labor}}	Labor	Albanese	Minister for Health and Aged Care
Minister for Health and Ageing		Incumbent
14	Anika Wells	Minister for Aged Care
15	Sam Rae	Minister for Aged Care and Seniors	Incumbent

List of assistant ministers

References

(2017). "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". [[Parliament of Australia]].
(7 February 2017). "Ministerial Arrangements - House of Representatives Hansard".
(16 January 2025). "Amanda Rishworth becomes new NDIS Minister, Anika Wells enters cabinet in pre-election reshuffle".
(13 May 2025). "Ministry list as at 13 May 2025".
Anderson, Stephanie. (18 January 2017). "Greg Hunt announced as Sussan Ley's replacement as Health Minister". [[ABC News (Australia).

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