Anne Ruston | |
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 Ruston in 2018 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | |
| Assumed office 25 January 2025 | |
| Leader | Michaelia Cash |
| Preceded by | Michaelia Cash |
| Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate | |
| In office 5 June 2022 – 25 January 2025 | |
| Leader | Simon Birmingham |
| Preceded by | Katy Gallagher |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Duniam |
| Manager of Government Business in the Senate | |
| In office 29 May 2019 – 23 May 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
| Leader | Mathias Cormann Simon Birmingham |
| Preceded by | Mitch Fifield |
| Succeeded by | Katy Gallagher |
Acting | |
| In office 23 August 2018 – 28 August 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Leader | Simon Birmingham (acting) |
| Preceded by | Simon Birmingham |
| Succeeded by | Mitch Fifield |
| Minister for Families and Social Services | |
| In office 29 May 2019 – 23 May 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
| Preceded by | Paul Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | Amanda Rishworth (as Minister for Social Services) |
| Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific | |
| In office 28 August 2018 – 26 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
| Preceded by | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells |
| Succeeded by | Alex Hawke |
| Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources | |
| In office 21 September 2015 – 28 August 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Richard Colbeck (as Parliamentary-Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture) |
| Succeeded by | Richard Colbeck |
| Senator for South Australia | |
| Assumed office 5 September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Mary Jo Fisher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1963 Renmark, South Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Southern Queensland |
| Occupation | Chief executive rose-grower |
Anne Sowerby Ruston (born 10 June 1963) is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Families and Social Services in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022. She has been a Senator for South Australia since 2012.
Before entering politics Ruston was a commercial rose-grower and chief executive of the National Wine Centre. She was appointed to the Senate to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mary Jo Fisher. Ruston served as Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources in the Turnbull government from 2015 to 2018 and as Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Morrison government from 2018 to 2019. She was elevated to cabinet following the 2019 election.