• Liberal Party Senator for SA
• Shadow Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (since 28 May 2025)
  Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care (since 5 Jun 2022)
  Shadow Minister for Sport (since 5 Jun 2022)
• Became a Senator on 5 September 2012 — unknown
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Questions without Notice: Aged Care (5 Feb 2026)

“Yesterday, Labor health ministers in South Australia and New South Wales revealed that 1,200 older Australians in New South Wales and 363 in South Australia are currently stuck in hospitals waiting for aged-care placements. Both ministers called out the federal government for the fact that more needs to be done to fix this national problem. Minister, do you agree that more needs to be done to...”

Questions without Notice: Aged Care (5 Feb 2026)

“My office has been contacted by Ron, who lives with Parkinson's disease and is cared for full time by his wife, but she is now experiencing serious mobility issues herself. Ron was approved for a level 4 home-care package last October but has been told he faces a 10- to 12-month wait, despite the urgency of their situation. Minister, do you accept the excessive home-care wait times caused by...”

Questions without Notice: Aged Care (5 Feb 2026)

“My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator McAllister. My office has been contacted by John, whose father is living with dementia and has been waiting for residential aged-care place for more than 12 months. After being hospitalised, John's father was deemed unsafe to return home. He has remained stuck in the Modbury Hospital in South Australia for...”

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• Has spoken in 82 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1137 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Anne Ruston's latest interest statementLast updated: 11 Dec 2025