Anne Ruston

Country girl and Senator for South Australia. Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care. Shadow Minister for Sport.

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Voices on the left are warning Labor's cuts to private health insurance will hurt older Australians.

Pearls and Irritations: govt "must listen to the thousands of older Australians... trying to protect their access to timely healthcare."

The Coalition is trying to stop it.

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Costs are going up and Australians are struggling.

Read more about our plan to fix Labor’s mess:
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Labor’s rebate cut is an attack on older Australians.

Sign the petition: https://t.co/2TReJvmcX0

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Labor's Support at Home rollout is off the rails.

Algorithms overriding clinicians. A "ludicrous" hardship form. Margins down 60%.

Older Australians deserve better.

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The worst year on record for small business.

Almost 15,000 collapsed in 2025.

Our plan will make it easier — not harder — to start, run and grow a business.

https://t.co/JoAaKxqdpU

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Eye surgeons are warning Labor's rebate cut could cost older Australians their sight. Gold cover funds cataract surgery — price over-65s out of it and that surgery joins a public queue. Don't lose sight of our seniors.

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A computer decides your aged care. Labor voted to keep it that way.

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Why is Labor penalising older Australians?

Mark Butler was asked on @FIVEaa. Listen.

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$1,800 for a pair of crutches. Hardship applications up 88% in two months. Labor's aged care system is failing 200,000 Australians.

Senator Ruston's reaction to the watchdog's speech at the National Press Club 👇

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A huge congratulations to Spain 🇪🇸 on winning the FIFA World Cup — undoubtedly the best team on the pitch today. What a finish from Ferran Torres to find the back of the net 🥅!

Commiserations to Argentina and the great Lionel Messi on what may be his final World Cup. ⚽🏆

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Great to be with @AUSVEG at AE Cranwell & Sons to sign the "Pledge for More Veg"

SA is one of the country's key Brussels sprout regions – part of a $30.6m national crop – but growers are under real cost pressure.

More Aussie-grown veg backs our health, budgets & farmers.

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Help us stop Labor's unfair attack on private health insurance.

Sign the petition by clicking the link below.

https://t.co/8DEMUEGZ2n

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Since November 2025, an algorithm has had the final say on care for older Australians — no human able to overrule it.

Our Bill passed the Senate on 2 July to put people, not algorithms, back in charge.

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Two of Australia's most respected aged care experts – Prof Kathy Eagar AM, who designed our aged care funding model, and Paul Sadler, 38 years in the sector – have a clear message for the Govt: stop trusting a computer algorithm over expert assessors.

https://t.co/v0MaOoB0Vy

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When Labor runs out of money, they come after yours. What will they come after next?

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Fantastic to see our Socceroos go through to the next round! It was a tense game and the team showed steely determination with an amazingly disciplined defence!

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The Coalition's Bill puts assessors — not algorithms — back in charge of aged care decisions.

The Integrated Assessment Tool has had final say with no human override. Review requests have shot up nearly 500% in five months.

Older Australians are people, not data points.

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Wishing the Socceroos every success as they wear the green and gold with pride. 🇦🇺

Australia is cheering you on.

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Congratulations to Lincoln Folo on his appointment as Federal Director of the Liberal Party. A respected campaigner with real experience and a deep commitment to Liberal values. I look forward to working with him. Thank you to Andrew Hirst for nine years of outstanding service.

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Older Australians deserve care decisions crafted by clinicians, not algorithms.

Labor put an untested algorithm system in charge of life-changing aged care assessments without proper consultation, live trials or transparency. Older Australians deserve better.