• Liberal Party Senator for SA
• Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care (since 5 Jun 2022)
• Became a Senator on 5 September 2012 — unknown
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Matters of Urgency: National Disability Insurance Scheme (24 Jun 2026)

“It gives me great pleasure to have the opportunity to be able to follow up on this particular matter, the urgency motion moved by the Greens. I won't take up my full time so that the Greens can have some of their time back. I think I've made my point very clear in my contribution on the suspension. It seemed almost hypocritical, at the other end of the chamber yesterday, that they were...”

Matters of Urgency: National Disability Insurance Scheme (24 Jun 2026)

“Thank you very much, Acting Deputy President. The incredible hypocrisy of what we are seeing here with this motion is that, somehow, the Greens now think it is tremendously important that we make all this investment when it comes to the NDIS, and yet we were the ones who were putting forward the support for the Greens to be able to have an inquiry. They gave it all away yesterday, but now...”

Matters of Urgency: National Disability Insurance Scheme (24 Jun 2026)

“I seek leave to move an amendment to the urgency motion moved by the Greens. (Quorum formed) Leave not granted. Per the notice standing in the name of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from moving an amendment to the motion. We saw yesterday another example of how easily the Greens, at the other end of the...”

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• Has spoken in 91 debates in the last year — 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") 1185 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Anne Ruston's latest interest statementLast updated: 19 Mar 2026