Anne Ruston

Anne Ruston
Ruston in 2018
Minister for Families and Social Services
In office
29 May 2019 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byPaul Fletcher
Succeeded byAmanda Rishworth
Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific
In office
28 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byConcetta Fierravanti-Wells
Succeeded byAlex Hawke
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
In office
21 September 2015 – 28 August 2018
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byRichard Colbeck
Senator for South Australia
Assumed office
5 September 2012
Preceded byMary Jo Fisher
Personal details
Born (1963-06-10) 10 June 1963 (age 61)
Renmark, South Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal
Alma materUniversity of Southern Queensland
OccupationChief 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.