Australia's Minister of Sport, Anika Wells, was born and raised in Queensland. She grew up playing many sports including netball, touch football, tennis and was even a gymnast.

While she spent the early years of her career practising as a lawyer, when her daughter was born, she decided she wanted to make the world a better place for her and ran for her local seat of Lilley.

In 2019, Wells became Australia’s youngest female MP when she was elected to parliament. She is currently the Minister for Aged Care and Sport, and has a particular love for the way that sport ‘makes you want to hug strangers’.

Chloe chats with Anika about a variety of the Australian government’s polices that affect women in sport, including: Play Our Way, Sport Diplomacy and – Sports Horizon. We hope you enjoy this episode.

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