[1] Born in Perth, Rushton grew up on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, before moving to Sydney where she attended school at Oakhill College.

[3] In 2010, Rushton moved to Singapore and took on a television presenting role on Singtel TV's Mio Stadium channel.

[4] As well as presenting match broadcasts of the A-League, English Premier League and Socceroos matches, she also began presenting the network's weekly A-League wrap show, Sunday Shootout, alongside, as of 2016, Mark Bosnich, John Kosmina and Ned Zelic.

[8] In December 2024, Rushton was appointed sports presenter on 10 News First Sydney replacing Matt Burke from 2025.

[9] Rushton is mixed-race, being half-Anglo-Celtic Australian (through her father) and her late mother Hillary being a member of the Anglo-Burmese community in Western Australia.