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Anne Ruston
Senator · Liberal Party of Australia
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Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee - Perth, WA (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 23 September 2026
Q&A: impacts on gynaecology, maternity and regional services
“Look, thank you, thank you very much. I was just keen to understand, in your submission you refer a lot in relation to gynecology and the impact on older Australians needing those services. But I was just wondering whether you…”
Watch from 34:37Finance: costing role and divergence from PBO estimates
“Thank you very much. Could I perhaps first go to the Department of Finance? The Parliamentary Budget Office released some analysis a week or so ago, predicting that half the savings from the measures contained in this bill would be…”
Watch from 4:35:58Finance: costing role and divergence from PBO estimates
“Okay. So what work perhaps is maybe this is to the department. So what work did you do to or to ascertain the total impact on pensioners prior to providing that information to finance for costing?”
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Senate Community Affairs References Committee (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 22 September 2026
Q: Senator Ruston: key operational challenges
“Yeah, sure. Um, thank you very much and thank you very much once again for your incredibly detailed submission. I don't know how much time your organization must spend writing submissions to inquiries of this parliament. Um, so I'm really…”
Watch from 46:04Q: Senator Ruston: key operational challenges
“Yeah, sure. So you said a huge fall in utilization rates. Do you have, have you had the ability to quantify that to any degree? Yeah, no, absolutely. So you've made a recommendation that the national objective should be that…”
Watch from 48:07Wait time targets vs current 10‑month median
“Yeah, and I and I mean that's why we need to understand the outliers as well and the reason for the outliers. But is it your understanding, or do you know, previous to the change to Support at Home, if…”
Watch from 49:52
Senate Community Affairs References Committee · Australian Parliament · 22 September 2026
Hearing opened: mandate, witnesses and OPAN statement
“Thanks very much, Chair. And thank you very much, yes, there was a very comprehensive submission, a comprehensive survey, and a comprehensive introduction, so thank you. So in your your submission, you outlined advocacy cases and so I'm really keen…”
Watch from 26:35Hearing opened: mandate, witnesses and OPAN statement
“So, would you be able to provide and I don't expect you to do it now, be able to provide what you think would be the most useful data in order for you to be able to support the people…”
Watch from 29:20COTA Australia & COTA NSW: fees, trust and data needs
“Yeah, look, um, thank you. And I, um, I asked, um, OPAN earlier if you would like to provide, um, an outline of the kind of information that you would find useful that currently isn't available. And, you know, you…”
Watch from 1:05:10
Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026
Minister ordered to attend: aged care home care waiting list deaths
“Thank you, minister. Is anybody seeking to respond? I call Senator Ruston. Thank you very much, Acting Deputy President. Well, I too stand to condemn the government for their failure to properly comply with the order of production of documents…”
Watch from 1:22:51
Senate Chamber (part 3 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026
Ruston: coalition supports bill but condemns Medicare costs
“Thank you very much, Acting Deputy President. Well, I too rise to speak on the Health Insurance Amendment (Incentive Payments and Other Measures) Bill 2024. And let me say at the outset, the Coalition will not be opposing this bill.…”
Watch from 28:39Ruston: falling GP visits and regional access pressures
“In the past year, the number of GP visits fell by 1.8 million. That's 1.8 million appointments that did not happen because people said they simply couldn't afford to go. And when people put off seeing a doctor, small problems…”
Watch from 32:34Ruston: coalition amendments and second reading critique
“This bill does not change any of that. It tidies the administration of a system that is still leaving them all behind. So, as I said, the coalition will not oppose this bill, but the coalition will be moving a…”
Watch from 35:21
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026
Opening of Question Time: Muldoon controversy and appointments
“Thank you very much, President. My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Mr. Rhys Muldoon, who was sacked as a Labor staffer yesterday for a series of vile social media posts using racist language and…”
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